Do children with autism use inner speech and visuospatial resources for the service of executive control? Evidence from suppression in dual tasks

British Journal of Developmental Psychology

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 369-391

  Holland, Lucy ^a   Low, Jason ^a  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; AUTISM; CHILD; COGNITION; CONTROL; DEPTH PERCEPTION; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; HUMAN; MATHEMATICS; NEW ZEALAND; PHYSIOLOGY; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; TASK PERFORMANCE; THINKING; VISION;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD; COGNITION; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MATHEMATICS; NEW ZEALAND; PROBLEM SOLVING; SPACE PERCEPTION; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; THINKING; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 77953419123     PISSN: 0261510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/026151009X424088     Document Type: Article

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