Comparing the intelligence profiles of savant and nonsavant individuals with autistic disorder

Intelligence

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 121-131

  Bölte, Sven ^a   Poustka, Fritz ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Autism; Executive function; Intelligence; Low level processing; Rote memory; Savant syndrome; Working memory

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARITHMETIC; ARTICLE; AUTISM; CHILD; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMPREHENSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE TEST; LINGUISTICS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; MENTAL FUNCTION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; WORKING MEMORY;

EID: 1242343769     PISSN: 01602896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.intell.2003.11.002     Document Type: Article

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