Brief report: Are ADHD traits dissociable from the autistic profile? Links between cognition and behaviour

Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 357-363

  Ames, Catherine S ^a   White, Sarah J ^b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder; Autism spectrum disorder; Executive function; Social cognition; Theory of mind

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; AUTISM; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMMUNICATION DISORDER; COMORBIDITY; COMPULSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMPULSIVENESS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SOCIAL INTERACTION; THEORY OF MIND; ADOLESCENT; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; INTERVIEW; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; COGNITION; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PARENTS; THEORY OF MIND;

EID: 79956053729     PISSN: 01623257     EISSN: 15733432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10803-010-1049-0     Document Type: Article

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