Verbal fluency in adults with high functioning autism or Asperger syndrome

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 652-656

  Spek, Annelies ^a   Schatorjé, Tjeerd ^a   Scholte, Evert ^b   van Berckelaer Onnes, Ina ^b  

^a GGzE Foundation for Mental Health Care Eindhoven en de Kempen   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Asperger syndrome; High functioning autism; Phonemic fluency; Processing speed; Semantic fluency

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ASPERGER SYNDROME; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PHONETICS; SEMANTICS; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 59749104295     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2008.11.015     Document Type: Article

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