Divided attention capacity in adults with autism spectrum disorders and without intellectual disability

Autism

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 229-243

  Bogte, Hans ^a   Flamma, Bert ^a   Van Der Meere, Jaap ^b   Van Engeland, Herman ^c  

^a Dimence   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Adults; ASD; Executive function; Prefrontal cortex; Reaction time

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANXIOLYTIC AGENT; MOOD STABILIZER; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; SEDATIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ANGER; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; ATTENTION DISTURBANCE; AUTISM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; MALE; MOOD DISORDER; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION TIME; SEIZURE; SELECTIVE ATTENTION; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL MEMORY; WORKING MEMORY;

ADULT; ATTENTION; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD; COGNITION DISORDERS; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL RETARDATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 65449147489     PISSN: 13623613     EISSN: 14617005     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1362361309103793     Document Type: Article

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