Unsupervised Categorization in a sample of children with autism spectrum disorders

Research in Developmental Disabilities

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1264-1269

  Edwards, Darren J ^a   Perlman, Amotz ^b   Reed, Phil ^a  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Autistic Spectrum disorders; Categorization; Over selectivity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR CHECKLIST; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL CLASSIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; INFANTILE AUTISM; LANGUAGE ABILITY; MENTAL TASK; PATIENT SELECTION; PERSONALITY TEST; SCHOOL CHILD; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ATTENTION; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; COGNITION DISORDERS; CONCEPT FORMATION; HUMANS; MENTAL PROCESSES; PHOTIC STIMULATION; VOCABULARY;

EID: 84858744268     PISSN: 08914222     EISSN: 18733379     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ridd.2012.02.021     Document Type: Article

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