Performance of children with autism spectrum disorders on the dimension-change card sort task

Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 448-456

  Dichter, Gabriel S ^a,b   Radonovich, Krestin J ^a   Turner Brown, Lauren M ^a   Lam, Kristen S L ^a   Holtzclaw, Tia N ^a   Bodfish, James W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Autism; Children; Dimension change card sort task; Executive functioning; Repetitive behaviors; Set shifting

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; AUTISM; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIMENSION CHANGE CARD SORT TASK; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; PERFORMANCE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOM; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADOLESCENT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; STEREOTYPING;

EID: 77954459096     PISSN: 01623257     EISSN: 15733432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10803-009-0886-1     Document Type: Article

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