Factors affecting conscious awareness in the recollective experience of adults with Asperger's syndrome

Consciousness and Cognition

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 124-143

  Bowler, Dermot M ^a   Gardiner, John M ^b   Gaigg, Sebastian B ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Asperger's syndrome; Autism; Episodic awareness

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPERGER SYNDROME; AWARENESS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONSCIOUSNESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEMORY; POPULATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASPERGER SYNDROME; AWARENESS; CONSCIOUSNESS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; MIDDLE AGED; REACTION TIME;

EID: 33845337960     PISSN: 10538100     EISSN: 10902376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.concog.2005.12.001     Document Type: Article

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