Are people with autism and Asperger syndrome faster than normal on the Embedded Figures Test?

Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 527-534

  Jolliffe, Therese ^b   Baron Cohen, Simon ^a  

^a UK   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Asperger syndrome; Autism; Central coherence; Embedded Figures Test

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPERGER SYNDROME; AUTISM; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; RESPONSE TIME; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AUTISTIC DISORDER; COGNITION; FEMALE; FORM PERCEPTION; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0030748630     PISSN: 00219630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7610.1997.tb01539.x     Document Type: Article

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