Investigating multitasking in high-functioning adolescents with autism spectrum disorders using the virtual errands task

Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

Volumn 41, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1445-1454

  Rajendran, Gnanathusharan ^a   Law, Anna S ^b   Logie, Robert H ^c   Van Der Meulen, Marian ^c   Fraser, Diane ^a   Corley, Martin ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^b LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ASD; Autism; Executive functions; Multitasking; Virtual environment

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTISM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEMORY; MULTITASKING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; VIRTUAL ERRAND TASK; VIRTUAL REALITY;

ADOLESCENT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS;

EID: 82955178233     PISSN: 01623257     EISSN: 15733432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10803-010-1151-3     Document Type: Article

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