Brief report: Inner speech impairment in children with autism is associated with greater nonverbal than verbal skills

Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

Volumn 39, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1222-1225

  Lidstone, Jane S M ^a   Fernyhough, Charles ^a   Meins, Elizabeth ^a   Whitehouse, Andrew J O ^b  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Autism; Children; Cognitive profile; Inner speech; IQ

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTISM; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; LANGUAGE ABILITY; MALE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPEECH ARTICULATION; SPEECH DEVELOPMENT; SPEECH DISORDER; TASK PERFORMANCE; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD; COGNITION DISORDERS; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MATHEMATICS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPEECH DISORDERS; THINKING; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 70349606221     PISSN: 01623257     EISSN: 15733432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10803-009-0731-6     Document Type: Article

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