Spatial working memory in Asperger's syndrome and in patients with focal frontal and temporal lobe lesions

Brain and Cognition

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 9-26

  Morris, Robin G ^a   Rowe, A ^a   Fox, N ^a   Feigenbaum, J D ^a   Miotto, E C ^a   Howlin, P ^b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ST GEORGE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Asperger's syndrome; Spatial working memory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPERGER SYNDROME; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN INJURY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPATIAL MEMORY; TEMPORAL LOBE; WORKING MEMORY;

EID: 0032854996     PISSN: 02782626     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/brcg.1999.1093     Document Type: Article

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