Two intact executive capacities in children with autism: Implications for the core executive dysfunctions in the disorder

Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 103-112

  Russell, James ^a   Jarrold, Christopher ^a   Hood, Bruce ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Autism; Executive functioning

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AUTISM; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; HUMAN; LEARNING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADOLESCENT; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEARNING DISORDERS; MALE; MEMORY; PROBLEM SOLVING; VERBAL LEARNING;

EID: 0033040317     PISSN: 01623257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1023084425406     Document Type: Article

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