Executive functions in savant artists with autism

Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 790-797

  Crane, Laura ^a   Pring, Linda ^a   Ryder, Nicola ^a   Hermelin, Beate ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Art; Autism; Card sort; Executive functions; Fluency; Savants

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ART; ARTICLE; AUTISM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; LEARNING DISORDER; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; TASK PERFORMANCE; WISCONSIN CARD SORTING TEST;

EID: 78650712156     PISSN: 17509467     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rasd.2010.09.007     Document Type: Article

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