Managing complexity: Impact of organization and processing style on nonverbal memory in autism spectrum disorders

Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 135-147

  Tsatsanis, Katherine D ^a   Noens, Ilse L J ^b,c   Illmann, Cornelia L ^b   Pauls, David L ^b   Volkmar, Fred R ^a   Schultz, Robert T ^d   Klin, Ami ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^d CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

Author keywords

ASD; Episodic memory; Executive functioning; Information processing; ROCF; Weak central coherence

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTISM; CHILD; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REY OSTERRIETH COMPLEX FIGURE TEST; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; TASK PERFORMANCE; VERBAL MEMORY;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; COGNITION; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; MENTAL RECALL; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS;

EID: 78751677261     PISSN: 01623257     EISSN: 15733432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10803-010-1139-z     Document Type: Article

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