Memory, language and intellectual ability in low-functioning autism

Memory in Autism

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 268-290

  Boucher, Jill ^a   Mayes, Andrew ^b   Bigham, Sally ^c  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WEST LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84928283543     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511490101.016     Document Type: Chapter

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