Working memory in early-school-age children with asperger's syndrome

Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

Volumn 40, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 958-967

  Cui, Jifang ^a   Gao, Dingguo ^b   Chen, Yinghe ^a   Zou, Xiaobing ^b   Wang, Ya ^c  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF PSYCHOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Asperger's syndrome; Executive function; High functioning autism; Working memory

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASPERGER SYNDROME; BLOCK RECALL TASK; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FUNCTION TEST; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MALE; N BACK TEST; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; TASK PERFORMANCE; VARIANT VISUAL PATTERN TEST; WORKING MEMORY; CASE CONTROL STUDY; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGY; REACTION TIME; RECALL; SHORT TERM MEMORY; WECHSLER INTELLIGENCE SCALE;

ASPERGER SYNDROME; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MENTAL RECALL; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; REACTION TIME; WECHSLER SCALES;

EID: 77956062225     PISSN: 01623257     EISSN: 15733432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10803-010-0943-9     Document Type: Article

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