Communication in autism /
Autism is among the most severe, prevalent and heritable of all neurodevelopmental disorders. However, the factors causing autism are still unclear. Language difficulties are at the core of autism, and any aetiological theory must incorporate a plausible explanation of this symptom. The development...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Otros Autores: | , |
Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
Publicado: |
Amsterdam/Philadelphia :
John Benjamins Publishing Company,
[2014]
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Colección: | Trends in language acquisition research ;
v. 11. |
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | Autism is among the most severe, prevalent and heritable of all neurodevelopmental disorders. However, the factors causing autism are still unclear. Language difficulties are at the core of autism, and any aetiological theory must incorporate a plausible explanation of this symptom. The development of cerebral lateralisation has long been theorised to be associated with language impairment. This chapter reviews the empirical evidence linking cerebral lateralisation and language impairment in both typical and atypical development, with a particular focus on the communication difficulties charac. |
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Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (275 pages) : illustrations |
Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
ISBN: | 9789027270320 9027270325 9789027244000 9027244006 |
ISSN: | 1569-0644 ; |