Memory and generativity in very high functioning autism: A firsthand account, and an interpretation

Autism

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 255-264

  Boucher, Jill ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Asperger syndrome; Autism; Generativity; Memory

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASPERGER SYNDROME; AUTISM; CREATIVITY; EPISODIC MEMORY; HUMAN; IMAGINATION; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; MEMORY DISORDER; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECALL; SELF REPORT; SEMANTICS; STATE DEPENDENT LEARNING; VERBAL MEMORY; WORKING MEMORY;

AUTISTIC DISORDER; BRAIN; CHILD; CREATIVENESS; HUMANS; IMAGINATION; MEMORY DISORDERS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 34249728876     PISSN: 13623613     EISSN: 14617005     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1362361307076863     Document Type: Article

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