Memory in autism: Binding, self and brain

Researching the Autism Spectrum: Contemporary Perspectives

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 316-346

  Bowler, Dermot ^a   Gaigg, Sebastian ^a   Lind, Sophie ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511973918.013     Document Type: Chapter

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