Attentional capacities in children with autism: Is there a general deficit in shifting focus?

Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 467-478

  Pascualvaca, Daisy M ^a   Fantie, Bryan D ^a,b   Papageorgiou, Maria ^a   Mirsky, Allan F ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^b AMERICAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Attention deficit; Autism; Shifting focus

Indexed keywords

ALERTNESS; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; AUTISM; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ATTENTION; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; REFERENCE VALUES; WECHSLER SCALES;

EID: 0032406499     PISSN: 01623257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1026091809650     Document Type: Article

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