Executive Function and Social Communication Deficits in Young Autistic Children

Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 1993, Pages 563-578

  McEvoy, Robin E ^a   Rogers, Sally J ^a   Pennington, Bruce F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DENVER   (United States)

Author keywords

Autism; executive function; joint attention

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMMUNICATION DISORDER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFANTILE AUTISM; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PERSEVERATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL INTERACTION;

ATTENTION; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNICATION; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PROBLEM SOLVING; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0027153129     PISSN: 00219630     EISSN: 14697610     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7610.1993.tb01036.x     Document Type: Article

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