" Hunting with a knife and ... fork": Examining central coherence in autism, attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder, and typical development with a linguistic task

Journal of Experimental Child Psychology

Volumn 107, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 377-393

  Booth, Rhonda ^a   Happé, Francesca ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder; Autism spectrum disorders; Inhibition; Sentence completion; Typical development; Weak central coherence

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; AUTISM; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; FEMALE; HUMAN; LINGUISTICS; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REACTION TIME; STATISTICS; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COGNITION; COGNITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINGUISTICS; MALE; REACTION TIME; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77955556284     PISSN: 00220965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jecp.2010.06.003     Document Type: Article

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