Annual research review: Towards a developmental neuroscience of atypical social cognition

Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 553-577

  Happé, Francesca ^a   Frith, Uta ^b,c  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

autism spectrum disorders; brain development; empathy; Social cognition; theory of mind

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; BRAIN; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; HUMAN; INFANT; NEUROSCIENCE; NEWBORN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; BRAIN; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION DISORDERS; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; NEUROSCIENCES; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84901237640     PISSN: 00219630     EISSN: 14697610     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jcpp.12162     Document Type: Review

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