Executive function in parents of children with autism

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 209-220

  Hughes, C ^a   Leboyer, M ^b   Bouvard, M ^b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPUTER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANTILE AUTISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PARENT; PLANNING; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; SKILL; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORKING MEMORY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION DISORDERS; COHORT STUDIES; FAMILY HEALTH; FATHERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEARNING DISORDERS; MALE; MEMORY; MOTHERS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PROBLEM SOLVING; REACTION TIME; SET (PSYCHOLOGY); VOLITION;

EID: 0031029742     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033291796004308     Document Type: Article

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