Disembedding performance and recognition memory in Autism/PDD

Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines

Volumn 37, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 865-872

  Brian, Jessica A ^a   Bryson, Susan E ^a  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Autism PDD; Central coherence; Embedded figures test

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; APTITUDE; ARTICLE; AUTISM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEMORY; RECOGNITION; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PROBLEM SOLVING; REACTION TIME; SEMANTICS;

EID: 0029949651     PISSN: 00219630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7610.1996.tb01482.x     Document Type: Article

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