Analogical reasoning ability in autistic and typically developing children

Developmental Science

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 578-587

  Morsanyi, Kinga ^a   Holyoak, Keith J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b University of California ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARTICLE; AUTISM; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE TEST; LEARNING; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHYSIOLOGY; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SHORT TERM MEMORY; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PROBLEM SOLVING; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; VERBAL LEARNING;

EID: 77955548838     PISSN: 1363755X     EISSN: 14677687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7687.2009.00915.x     Document Type: Article

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