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Tager-Flusberg, Helen – Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 1985
Describes three experiments that tested autistic children's nonverbal and verbal categorization abilities. Concludes that autistic children do not suffer a specific cognitive deficit in ability to categorize and form abstract concepts. (HOD)
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Autism, Classification, Cognitive Ability