Performance on Cambridge neuropsychological test automated battery subtests sensitive to frontal lobe function in people with autistic disorder: Evidence from the Collaborative Programs of Excellence in Autism network

Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 139-150

  Ozonoff, Sally ^a,i   Cook, Ian ⁱ   Coon, Hilary ^a   Dawson, Geraldine ^b   Joseph, Robert M ^c   Klin, Ami ^d   McMahon, William M ^a   Minshew, Nancy ^e   Munson, Jeffrey A ^b   Pennington, Bruce F ^f   Rogers, Sally J ^g,i   Spence, M Anne ^h   Tager Flusberg, Helen ^c   Volkmar, Fred R ^d   Wrathall, Debora ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF DENVER   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Autism; CANTAB; Executive function; Frontal lobes; Planning; Set shifting

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; AUTISM; BRAIN FUNCTION; CHILD; COGNITION; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; AUTISTIC DISORDER; COGNITION; COMPUTERS; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 3543134848     PISSN: 01623257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:JADD.0000022605.81989.cc     Document Type: Article

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