Executive functioning and memory strategy use in children with autism: The influence of task constraints on spontaneous rehearsal

Autism

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 299-320

  Bebko, James M ^a   Ricciuti, Christina ^b  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Autism; Executive; High functioning; Memory; Strategy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTISM; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEMORY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBLEM SOLVING; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 0033890624     PISSN: 13623613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1362361300004003006     Document Type: Article

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