Autism as Impairment in the Formation and Use of Meaning: An Attempt to Integrate a Functional and a Neurological Model
- 1 January 1986
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in The Journal of Psychology
- Vol. 120 (1) , 69-81
- https://doi.org/10.1080/00223980.1986.9712617
Abstract
Neurological approaches and functional approaches to impairments in autism provide different perspectives on the disorder. This study attempted an integration of the two approaches, based specifically on the role of the mesolimbic/neostriatal system in imparting adaptive meaning to percepts and problems that autistic persons have in making adaptive use of meaning.Keywords
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