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Peer reviewedLancey, David F.; Goldstein, Gayle I. – Child Development, 1982
Tests the hypothesis that the presence of attentional deficits in autistic children interferes with their performance on tests of intellectual development and status. Twelve autistic, 12 normal, and 12 trainable mentally retarded children ages four through nine were administered six "Piagetian" tasks assessing performance at…
Descriptors: Autism, Children, Cognitive Development, Comparative Analysis
