Brief report: Further evidence for inner speech deficits in Autism spectrum disorders

Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

Volumn 39, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1735-1739

  Wallace, Gregory L ^a   Silvers, Jennifer A ^a   Martin, Alex ^a   Kenworthy, Lauren E ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Asperger's syndrome; Autism; Executive function; Inner speech; Language; Problem solving

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTISM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPEECH; SPEECH DISORDER; TASK PERFORMANCE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; COGNITION; COGNITION DISORDERS; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; THINKING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70450225516     PISSN: 01623257     EISSN: 15733432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10803-009-0802-8     Document Type: Article

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