Decreased false memory for visually presented shapes and symbols among adults on the autism spectrum

Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 610-616

  Hillier, Ashleigh ^a   Campbell, Heather ^a   Keillor, Jocelyn ^b   Phillips, Nicole ^c   Beversdorf, David Q ^a  

^a THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY WEXNER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b DEFENCE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTISM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FALSE MEMORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE ABILITY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMANTIC MEMORY; VERBAL COMMUNICATION; VISUAL SYSTEM;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUTISTIC DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REPRESSION; VERBAL LEARNING;

EID: 34547909631     PISSN: 13803395     EISSN: 1744411X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13803390600878760     Document Type: Article

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