Autobiographical memory and suggestibility in children with autism spectrum disorder

Development and Psychopathology

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 73-95

  Bruck, Maggie ^a   London, Kamala ^b   Landa, Rebecca ^c   Godman, June ^c  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO   (United States)

^c KENNEDY KRIEGER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; AGE; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; AUTISM; AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL MEMORY; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INTERVIEW; LIFE EVENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; MEMORY DISORDER; NARRATIVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECALL; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SUGGESTION; UNITED STATES;

AUTISTIC DISORDER; AUTOBIOGRAPHY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION DISORDERS; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; MENTAL RECALL; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CONCEPT; SUGGESTION;

EID: 33947398085     PISSN: 09545794     EISSN: 14692198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0954579407070058     Document Type: Article

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