A test of central coherence theory: Linguistic processing in high-functioning adults with autism or Asperger syndrome: is local coherence impaired?

Cognition

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 149-185

  Jolliffe, Therese ^a   Baron Cohen, Simon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Asperger syndrome; Autism; Central coherence theory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPERGER SYNDROME; ASSOCIATIVE MEMORY; AUTISM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMANTICS; SHORT TERM MEMORY; WORD RECOGNITION; WORKING MEMORY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTENTION; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CONCEPT FORMATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEMANTICS; SPEECH PERCEPTION; SYNDROME; VERBAL LEARNING;

EID: 0033594822     PISSN: 00100277     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0010-0277(99)00022-0     Document Type: Article

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