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Peer reviewedDawson, Geraldine; And Others – Child Development, 1986
Autistic children's direction of hemispheric asymmetry in response to linguistic stimuli differed significantly from that of normal subjects, showing reversed but not necessarily reduced patterns. Autistic children with more advanced language abilities were more likely to exhibit a normal direction of hemispheric asymmetry. Implications are…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Autism, Brain Hemisphere Functions, Children
