Autism: Beyond Weak Central Coherence

Cognitive Neuroscience, Development, and Psychopathology: Typical and Atypical Developmental Trajectories of Attention

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages

  Pellicano, Elizabeth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Autism; Enhanced local processing; Integration; Weak central coherence

Indexed keywords

EID: 84921555637     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195315455.003.0007     Document Type: Chapter

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