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  1. Department of Psychology, College of Staten Island and Graduate Center, CUNY, 2800 Victory Blvd, Staten Island, NY, 10314, USA

    Bertram O. Ploog Ph.D., BCBA-D

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  1. Irving B. Harris Professor of Child Psychiatry, Pediatrics and Psychology Yale University School of Medicine, Chief, Child Psychiatry Children's Hospital at Yale-New Haven Child Study Center, New Haven, CT, USA

    Fred R. Volkmar (Director, Child Study Center) (Director, Child Study Center)

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Ploog, B.O. (2013). Selective Attention. In: Volkmar, F.R. (eds) Encyclopedia of Autism Spectrum Disorders. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-1698-3_1932

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