Mentalising and social problem solving in adults with Asperger's syndrome

Cognitive Neuropsychiatry

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 149-163

  Channon, Shelley ^a   Crawford, Sarah ^a   Orlowska, Danuta ^a   Parikh, Nimmi ^a   Thoma, Patrizia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

social cognition

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPERGER SYNDROME; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL FUNCTION; NEUROPSYCHIATRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBLEM SOLVING; SOCIAL COGNITION; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL PROBLEM; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; ASPERGER SYNDROME; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COMPREHENSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROBLEM SOLVING; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84890550648     PISSN: 13546805     EISSN: 14640619     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13546805.2013.809659     Document Type: Article

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