Mind reading and social functioning in children with autistic disorder and Asperger's disorder

Individual Differences in Theory of Mind: Implications for Typical and Atypical Development

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 213-239

  Dissanayake, Cheryl ^a   Macintosh, Kathleen ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203488508     Document Type: Chapter

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