Verbal and spatial working memory in autism

Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 747-756

  Williams, Diane L ^a   Goldstein, Gerald ^a   Carpenter, Patricia A ^b   Minshew, Nancy J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Autism; Information processing; Working memory

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMNESIA; ARTICLE; AUTISM; BRAIN FUNCTION; CHILD; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; N BACK TASK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; SPATIAL MEMORY; TASK PERFORMANCE; VERBAL MEMORY; WORKING MEMORY; BRAIN; DEPTH PERCEPTION; HOSPITALIZATION; MEMORY DISORDER; MENTAL FUNCTION; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUTISTIC DISORDER; BRAIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; MENTAL PROCESSES; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPACE PERCEPTION; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 33644538341     PISSN: 01623257     EISSN: 15733432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10803-005-0021-x     Document Type: Article

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