The interplay between attentional strategies and language processing in high-functioning adults with autism spectrum disorder

Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 805-814

  Koolen, Sophieke ^a   Vissers, Constance Th W M ^a,b   Hendriks, Angelique W C J ^a   Egger, Jos I M ^a,b   Verhoeven, Ludo ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b VINCENT VAN GOGH INSTITUTE FOR PSYCHIATRY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Asperger's disorder; Attention; Autism; Bottom up processing; Language; Top down control

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ADULT DISEASE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; AUTISM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE PROCESSING; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION TIME; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; ASPERGER SYNDROME; ATTENTION; AUTISTIC DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; LANGUAGE; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; REACTION TIME;

EID: 84863811995     PISSN: 01623257     EISSN: 15733432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10803-011-1310-1     Document Type: Article

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