Intact inner speech use in autism spectrum disorder: Evidence from a short-term memory task

Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 51-58

  Williams, David ^a,c   Happé, Francesca ^a   Jarrold, Christopher ^b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Autistic disorder; Cognition; Inner speech; Memory; Phonological processing; Visuo spatial functioning

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AUTISM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGERY; LEARNING DISORDER; MALE; PHONETICS; RECALL; SCHOOL CHILD; SHORT TERM MEMORY; SPEECH; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; PSYCHOLINGUISTICS; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 37549008288     PISSN: 00219630     EISSN: 14697610     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7610.2007.01836.x     Document Type: Article

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