Inhibitory control in children with autism spectrum disorder

Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1155-1165

  Christ, Shawn E ^a,b   Holt, Daniel D ^a,c   White, Desirée A ^a   Green, Leonard ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN EAU CLAIRE   (United States)

Author keywords

Autism; Children; Development; Executive abilities; Inhibitory control

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTISM; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INHIBITORY CONTROL; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MALE; MENTAL FUNCTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SKILL; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ASPERGER SYNDROME; ATTENTION; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; COLOR PERCEPTION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; REFERENCE VALUES; SEMANTICS; SIBLINGS;

EID: 34250821191     PISSN: 01623257     EISSN: 15733432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10803-006-0259-y     Document Type: Article

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