Do adolescents with autistic spectrum disorders adhere to social conventions in virtual environments?

Autism

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 95-117

  Parsons, Sarah ^a,b   Mitchell, Peter ^a   Leonard, Anne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Autistic spectrum disorder; Executive function; Social conventions; Virtual environments

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMPREHENSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVERSATION; FEMALE; FLOWER; GRASS; HUMAN; INFANTILE AUTISM; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TASK PERFORMANCE; VERBAL COMMUNICATION; VIRTUAL REALITY; WALKING;

ADOLESCENT; AUTISTIC DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 13444293448     PISSN: 13623613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1362361305049032     Document Type: Article

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