The level and nature of autistic intelligence II: What about Asperger syndrome?

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 9, 2011, Pages

  Soulières, Isabelle ^a,b   Dawson, Michelle ^a   Gernsbacher, Morton Ann ^c   Mottron, Laurent ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPERGER SYNDROME; AUTISM; CHILD; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; INTELLIGENCE TEST; LANGUAGE ABILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RAVEN PROGRESSIVE MATRICES; SCHOOL CHILD; TASK PERFORMANCE; WECHSLER INTELLIGENCE SCALE; ALGORITHM; COGNITIVE DEFECT; INTELLIGENCE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SPEECH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALGORITHMS; ASPERGER SYNDROME; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD; COGNITION; COGNITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SPEECH; WECHSLER SCALES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80053337761     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0025372     Document Type: Article

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