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Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Cognitive Neuroscience Perspective

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Autism is a neurodevelopmental disorder that presents as a spectrum with various co-morbid symptoms as well as cognitive traits. This chapter reviews diagnosis, putative etiologies, neurocognitive models, and anatomical and functional brain differences with summaries of commonly observed neuropsychological, sensory, motor, language, and social profiles.

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Townsend, J., Westerfield, M., Chukoskie, L. (2019). Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Cognitive Neuroscience Perspective. In: Armstrong, C., Morrow, L. (eds) Handbook of Medical Neuropsychology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-14895-9_12

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