A deficit in shifting attention present in high-functioning autism but not Asperger's disorder

Autism

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 67-80

  Rinehart, Nicole J ^a   Bradshaw, John L ^a   Moss, Simon A ^a   Brereton, Avril V ^b   Tonge, Bruce J ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MONASH MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Asperger's disorder; Attention; Executive dysfunction; High functioning autism; Visual perceptual processing

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPERGER SYNDROME; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; AUTISM; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERROR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION TIME; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ASPERGER SYNDROME; ATTENTION; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; FIELD DEPENDENCE-INDEPENDENCE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; REACTION TIME; SET (PSYCHOLOGY); SIZE PERCEPTION;

EID: 0035057150     PISSN: 13623613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1362361301005001007     Document Type: Article

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