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The Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology Volume 61, 2008 - Issue 1: Neurocognitive Approaches to Developmental Disorders: A Festschrift for Uta Frith
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Autism, hypersystemizing, and truth

Simon Baron-Cohen Autism Research Centre, Department of Psychiatry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UKCorrespondence[email protected]
Pages 64-75 | Published online: 30 Sep 2010

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