Intact implicit learning in autism spectrum conditions

Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology

Volumn 63, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1789-1812

  Brown, Jamie ^a   Aczel, Balazs ^a   Jiménez, Luis ^b   Kaufman, Scott Barry ^c   Grant, Kate Plaisted ^a  

^a UK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Autism; Explicit learning; Implicit learning

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; AUTISM; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; LEARNING DISORDER; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PROBABILITY; REACTION TIME;

ADOLESCENT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; CUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS; LEARNING DISORDERS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PROBABILITY; REACTION TIME;

EID: 77956654155     PISSN: 17470218     EISSN: 17470226     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17470210903536910     Document Type: Article

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