Better working memory for non-social targets in infant siblings of children with autism spectrum disorder

Developmental Science

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 244-251

  Noland, Julia S ^a   Steven Reznick, J ^b   Stone, Wendy L ^a   Walden, Tedra ^a   Sheridan, Elisabeth H ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; AUTISM; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; GENETICS; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INFANT; LEARNING; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; ORIENTATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; SHORT TERM MEMORY; SIBLING; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

AGE FACTORS; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; ATTENTION; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT BEHAVIOR; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; ORIENTATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; SIBLINGS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 72249085396     PISSN: 1363755X     EISSN: 14677687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7687.2009.00882.x     Document Type: Article

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