Brief report: Enhanced picture naming in autism

Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

Volumn 38, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1395-1399

  Walenski, Matthew ^a   Mostofsky, Stewart H ^b,c   Gidley Larson, Jennifer C ^b   Ullman, Michael T ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b KENNEDY KRIEGER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Autism; Language; Memory; Sex difference

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AUTISM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMMUNICATION DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECLARATIVE MEMORY; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEMANTIC MEMORY;

ADOLESCENT; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD; COMMUNICATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHONETICS; REACTION TIME; REFERENCE VALUES; SEMANTICS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 48149105828     PISSN: 01623257     EISSN: 15733432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10803-007-0513-y     Document Type: Article

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