A Two-Hit Model of Autism: Adolescence as the Second Hit

Clinical Psychological Science

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 349-371

  Picci, Giorgia ^a   Scherf, K Suzanne ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

adolescent peer relations; autism; brain; risk taking; social behavior

Indexed keywords

EID: 84955444629     PISSN: 21677026     EISSN: 21677034     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/2167702614540646     Document Type: Review

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