Lexical processing in individuals with high-functioning autism and Asperger's disorder

Autism

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 307-325

  Speirs, Samantha ^a   Yelland, Greg ^a   Rinehart, Nicole ^a   Tonge, Bruce ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Asperger's disorder; autism; language; lexical processing; masked priming; word recognition

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPERGER SYNDROME; AUTISM; AUTOMATION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; LANGUAGE ABILITY; LANGUAGE PROCESSING; LINGUISTICS; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SPEECH;

ADOLESCENT; APTITUDE; ASPERGER SYNDROME; AUTISTIC DISORDER; COMPREHENSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; PAIRED-ASSOCIATE LEARNING; PHONETICS; REACTION TIME; READING; SEMANTICS; VERBAL LEARNING; VOCABULARY;

EID: 79959228428     PISSN: 13623613     EISSN: 14617005     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1362361310386501     Document Type: Article

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