Social perception and WAIS-IV performance in adolescents and adults diagnosed with asperger's syndrome and Autism

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Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 192-200

  Holdnack, James ^a   Goldstein, Gerald ^b   Drozdick, Lisa ^a  

^a PEARSON   (United States)

^b VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System   (United States)

Author keywords

ACS; Asperger's syndrome; autism; social perception; WAIS IV

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ASPERGER SYNDROME; AUTISM; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMPREHENSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SHORT TERM MEMORY; STATISTICS; VALIDATION STUDY; WECHSLER INTELLIGENCE SCALE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ASPERGER SYNDROME; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COGNITION DISORDERS; COMPREHENSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; WECHSLER SCALES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79955885581     PISSN: 10731911     EISSN: 15523489     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1073191110394771     Document Type: Article

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