Enhanced Perceptual Functioning in Autism: An Update, and Eight Principles of Autistic Perception

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• Publication year

  2006

• Venue

  Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

• Publication date

  2006-02-02

• Fields of study

  Medicine, Psychology

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  DOI 10.1007/S10803-005-0040-7PMID 16453071
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