The Power of the Positive: Revisiting Weak Coherence in Autism Spectrum Disorders

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  2008

• Venue

  Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology

• Publication date

  2008-01-01

• Fields of study

  Medicine, Psychology

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  DOI 10.1080/17470210701508731PMID 18038338
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