Theory of mind abilities and deficits in autism spectrum disorders

Topics in Language Disorders

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 329-343

  Kimhi, Yael ^a,b  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b The Zinman College of Physical Education and Sports Sciences at the Wingate Institute   (Israel)

Author keywords

ASD; executive function; intervention; social cognition; theory of mind

Indexed keywords

EID: 84930013167     PISSN: 02718294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TLD.0000000000000033     Document Type: Review

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