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Publication Date: 1980
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In Search of the Cognitive Deficit in Autism: Beyond the Stimulus Overselectivity Model.
Gersten, Russell M.
Journal of Special Education, v14 n1 p47-65 Spr 1980
A critical review of the literature indicates that overselective attention: (1) is not limited to autistic children, (2) may be only one of several developmental lags these children display, and (3) may or may not be strongly correlated with children's language abilities and general intellectual abilities. (Author)
Descriptors: Attention, Autism, Cognitive Processes, Information Processing, Research Methodology, Stimuli
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Information Analyses
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Language: English
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