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Comment on Priming Skills of Autistic Twins and Yamaguchi (2006) Letter to the Editor: “Questionable Aspects of Oliver Sacks’ (1985) Report”, Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

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Snyder, A. Comment on Priming Skills of Autistic Twins and Yamaguchi (2006) Letter to the Editor: “Questionable Aspects of Oliver Sacks’ (1985) Report”, Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders. J Autism Dev Disord 37, 1398–1399 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-006-0301-0

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