Free recall in autism spectrum disorder: The role of relational and item-specific encoding

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 983-992

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

^a CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Autism spectrum disorder; Hippocampus; Medial temporal lobe memory system; Task support hypothesis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTISM; BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MEMORY; RECALL; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AUTISTIC DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL;

EID: 39149124137     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2007.11.011     Document Type: Article

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