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ERIC Number: EJ334821
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1985
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Basic Level and Superordinate Level Categorization by Autistic, Mentally Retarded and Normal Children.
Tager-Flusberg, Helen
Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, v40 n3 p450-69 Dec 1985
Describes three experiments that tested autistic children's nonverbal and verbal categorization abilities. Concludes that autistic children do not suffer a specific cognitive deficit in ability to categorize and form abstract concepts. (HOD)
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Autism, Classification, Cognitive Ability, Comparative Analysis, Concept Formation, Elementary School Students, Mental Age, Slow Learners, Verbal Development
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Audience: Researchers
Language: English
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