Adults with Asperger syndrome with and without a cognitive profile associated with "non-verbal learning disability." A brief report

Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 612-618

  Nydén, Agneta ^a   Niklasson, Lena ^a   Sthlberg, Ola ^b   Anckarsäter, Henrik ^b,c   Dahlgren Sandberg, Annika ^b   Wentz, Elisabet ^d   Rstam, Maria ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d Swedish Institute of Health Sciences   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Adults; Asperger syndrome; Neuropsychology; Non verbal learning disability

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARITHMETIC; ARTICLE; ASPERGER SYNDROME; ATTENTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EDUCATION; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; LEARNING; LEARNING DISORDER; LEARNING TEST; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; NONVERBAL LEARNING DISABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; READING; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SPATIAL MEMORY; VISUAL MEMORY; WRITING;

EID: 77957561765     PISSN: 17509467     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rasd.2009.12.004     Document Type: Article

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