Cognitive Styles in High-Functioning Adolescents with Autistic Disorder

Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 55-66

  Teunisse, Jan Pieter ^a   Cools, Alexander R ^a   Van Spaendonck, Karel P M ^a   Aerts, Francisca H T M ^b   Berger, Hans J C ^a,b,c  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b Dr Leo Kannerhuis   (Netherlands)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Autism; Central coherence; Cognitive shifting; Social functioning

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTISM; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; COMPREHENSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIOLOGY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; ATTENTION; CONTROL; INTELLIGENCE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTENTION; AUTISTIC DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0035260248     PISSN: 01623257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1005613730126     Document Type: Article

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