Executive dysfunction in autism

Trends in Cognitive Sciences

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 26-32

  Hill, Elisabeth L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; MONITORING; NEUROLOGY;

MENTAL FLEXIBILITY;

COGNITIVE SYSTEMS;

ATTENTION; AUTISM; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN FUNCTION; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DISEASE MARKER; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMAN; IMPULSIVENESS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); LIFESPAN; MENTAL FUNCTION; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; PHENOTYPE; PLANNING; REVIEW; SKELETON MALFORMATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORKING MEMORY;

EID: 0345802607     PISSN: 13646613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tics.2003.11.003     Document Type: Review

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