Task-switching abilities in children with autism spectrum disorder

European Journal of Developmental Psychology

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 244-260

  Stoet, Gijsbert ^a   López, Beatriz ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Attention; Autism spectrum disorder; Executive function; Memory; Task switching

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952516193     PISSN: 17405629     EISSN: 17405610     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17405629.2010.492000     Document Type: Article

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