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There are limitations to traditional mentalistic concepts of, and opportunities for parsimonious functionally based explanations, in relation to deferred imitation, joint attention, and social communication in autism spectrum disorders

Karola DillenburgerCentre for Behaviour Analysis, School of Education, Queen’s University Belfast, Belfast, UK.Correspondence[email protected]
,
Careen LindsaySchool of Education, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia.
,
Katerina DounaviCentre for Behaviour Analysis, School of Education, Queen’s University Belfast, Belfast, UK.
,
Angelika AndersonSchool of Education, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia.
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Dennis Moore (Commentary authors)School of Education, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia.
Pages 84-90 | Published online: 18 Nov 2013

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