Pseudo-random number generation in children with high-functioning autism and Asperger's disorder: Further evidence for a dissociation in executive functioning?

Autism

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 70-85

  Rinehart, Nicole J ^a   Bradshaw, John L ^a   Moss, Simon A ^a   Brereton, Avril V ^a   Tonge, Bruce J ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Asperger's disorder; Executive dysfunction; High functioning autism; Number generation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASPERGER SYNDROME; ASSOCIATION; AUTISM; CASE REPORT; CHILD BEHAVIOR; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS STRIATUM; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; HUMAN; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NERVE TRACT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SCHOOL CHILD; TASK PERFORMANCE; VERBALIZATION;

ASPERGER SYNDROME; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD; COGNITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MATHEMATICS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 33645643368     PISSN: 13623613     EISSN: 14617005     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1362361306062011     Document Type: Article

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