Adults with autism spectrum disorders and ADHD neuropsychological aspects

Research in Developmental Disabilities

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1659-1668

  Nydén, Agneta ^a   Niklasson, Lena ^a   Stahlberg, Ola ^a,b   Anckarsater, Henrik ^a   Wentz, Elisabet ^a,c   Rastam, Maria ^d   Gillberg, Christopher ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^c Swedish Institute of Health Sciences   (Sweden)

^d LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

ADHD; Adults; Asperger syndrome; Autism; Neuropsychology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPERGER SYNDROME; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; AUTISM; COGNITION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; LEARNING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; MENTAL FUNCTION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASPERGER SYNDROME; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; AUTISTIC DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; MALE; MEMORY, LONG-TERM; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; THEORY OF MIND; VERBAL LEARNING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77957122534     PISSN: 08914222     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ridd.2010.04.010     Document Type: Article

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