Effects of related and unrelated context on recall and recognition by adults with high-functioning autism spectrum disorder

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 993-999

  Bowler, Dermot M ^a   Gaigg, Sebastian B ^a   Gardiner, John M ^b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Asperger syndrome; Autism; Free recall; Frontal lobes; Hippocampus; Medial temporal lobe; Recognition; Related context; Unrelated context

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPERGER SYNDROME; AUTISM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMAN; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; MALE; MEMORY; MEMORY DISORDER; RECALL; RECOGNITION; TASK PERFORMANCE; TEMPORAL LOBE; WORD LIST RECALL;

ADULT; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; AUTISTIC DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 39149097510     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2007.12.004     Document Type: Article

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