A comparison of central coherence skills between adolescents with an intellectual disability with and without comorbid autism spectrum disorder

Research in Developmental Disabilities

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 217-226

  Van Lang, Natasja D J ^a   Bouma, Anke ^a   Sytema, Sjoerd ^a   Kraijer, Dirk W ^a   Minderaa, Ruud B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Autism spectrum disorders; Central coherence theory; Cognitive style; Detail focused processing; Intellectual disability

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTISM; COGNITION; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; SCHOOL CHILD; SKILL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD; COGNITION DISORDERS; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL RETARDATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 31844444255     PISSN: 08914222     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ridd.2004.12.005     Document Type: Article

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