Brief report: Information processing speed is intact in autism but not correlated with measured intelligence

Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 809-814

  Wallace, Gregory L ^a,b   Anderson, Mike ^c   Happé, Francesca ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Asperger's syndrome; Autism; Inspection time; Intelligence; IQ; Processing speed

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTISM; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROL GROUP; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; MALE; MENTAL PROCESSES; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; REACTION TIME;

EID: 67349241939     PISSN: 01623257     EISSN: 15733432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10803-008-0684-1     Document Type: Article

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