Visual/verbal-analytic reasoning bias as a function of self-reported autistic-like traits: A study of typically developing individuals solving Raven's Advanced Progressive Matrices

Autism

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 327-340

  Fugard, Andrew J B ^a   Stewart, Mary E ^b   Stenning, Keith ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

^b HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Autism Spectrum Quotient; autistic like traits; Raven's Advanced Progressive Matrices; strategies; typically developing individuals

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTISM; AUTISM SPECTRUM QUOTIENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; RAVENS ADVANCED PROGRESSIVE MATRICE; SELF REPORT; TASK PERFORMANCE; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; VISUAL INFORMATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; APTITUDE; ATTENTION; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFERENCE VALUES; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79959211832     PISSN: 13623613     EISSN: 14617005     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1362361310371798     Document Type: Article

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