Assessment of executive/Attentional performance in asperger's disorder

Turk Psikiyatri Dergisi

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1-10

  Kilinçaslan, Ayse ^a   Mukaddes, Nahit Motavalli ^b   Küçükyazici, Gökçe Sözen ^b   Gürvit, Hakan ^b  

^a GAZIANTEP UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Asperger's disorder; Attention; Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder; Executive function; Neuropsychology

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650083687     PISSN: 13002163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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