Verbal memory deficits in relation to organization strategy in high- and low-functioning autistic children

Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 764-771

  Cheung, Mei Chun ^a   Chan, Agnes S ^b   Sze, Sophia L ^b   Leung, Winnie W ^b   To, Cho Yee ^c  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Autism; Children; Encoding; Memory; Organization; Retrieval

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AMNESIA; ARTICLE; AUTISM; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMAN; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; LEFT HANDEDNESS; MALE; ORGANIZATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECALL; RECOGNITION; RIGHT HANDEDNESS; SCHOOL CHILD; SEMANTIC MEMORY; SEX DIFFERENCE; TEMPORAL LOBE; VERBAL MEMORY;

EID: 77957372369     PISSN: 17509467     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rasd.2010.02.004     Document Type: Article

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