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Title: A novel approach to training attention and gaze in ASD: A feasibility and efficacy pilot study: Training Attention and Gaze in ASD
Award ID(s):
1640909
PAR ID:
10056464
Author(s) / Creator(s):
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Publisher / Repository:
Wiley Blackwell (John Wiley & Sons)
Date Published:
Journal Name:
Developmental Neurobiology
Volume:
78
Issue:
5
ISSN:
1932-8451
Page Range / eLocation ID:
546 to 554
Format(s):
Medium: X
Sponsoring Org:
National Science Foundation
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