Impairments in phonological processing and nonverbal intellectual function in parents of children with autism

Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 557-567

  Schmidt, Gwen L ^a,d   Kimel, Lila K ^b   Winterrowd, Erin ^c   Pennington, Bruce F ^b   Hepburn, Susan L ^c   Rojas, Donald C ^c  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DENVER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Autism parents; Broad autism phenotype; Language; Nonverbal IQ; Phonological processing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTISM; COGNITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSLEXIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTELLIGENCE; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; LANGUAGE; MALE; PERFORMANCE; PHENOTYPE; PHONETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; TASK PERFORMANCE; WECHSLER INTELLIGENCE SCALE;

AUTISTIC DISORDER; COGNITION DISORDERS; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; LANGUAGE DISORDERS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PARENTS; PHENOTYPE; PHONETICS; PSYCHOMETRICS; REFERENCE VALUES; SEMANTICS; SPEECH PRODUCTION MEASUREMENT; WECHSLER SCALES;

EID: 45849108736     PISSN: 13803395     EISSN: 1744411X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13803390701551225     Document Type: Article

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