Verbal Association for Simple Common Words in High-Functioning Autism

Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 483-490

  Toichi, Motomi ^a,b   Kamio, Yoko ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF CLEVELAND   (United States)

^b SHIGA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Kyoto Graduate School of Medicine   (Japan)

Author keywords

Autism; Priming; Semantic memory; Verbal association

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; AUTISM; BRAIN FUNCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MALE; MEMORY; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; PERSONALITY TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEMANTICS; TASK PERFORMANCE; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; VERBAL COMMUNICATION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; INTELLIGENCE; LEARNING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AUTISTIC DISORDER; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; MEMORY; SEMANTICS; TIME FACTORS; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; VERBAL LEARNING;

EID: 0035495287     PISSN: 01623257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1012216925216     Document Type: Article

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