Visuospatial short-term memory explains deficits in tower task planning in high-functioning children with autism spectrum disorder

Child Neuropsychology

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 229-241

  Zinke, Katharina ^a   Fries, Eva ^a   Altgassen, Mareike ^a   Kirschbaum, Clemens ^a   Dettenborn, Lucia ^a   Kliegel, Matthias ^a  

^a DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Children; Executive fuction; High functioning autism; Neuropsychology; Planning

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTISM; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; COGNITION; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RECALL; SHORT TERM MEMORY; TASK PERFORMANCE;

AUTISTIC DISORDER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MENTAL RECALL; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; SPACE PERCEPTION; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; VERBAL LEARNING;

EID: 77951136591     PISSN: 09297049     EISSN: 17444136     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09297040903559648     Document Type: Article

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