Cognition in Males and Females with Autism: Similarities and Differences

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 10, 2012, Pages

  Lai, Meng Chuan ^a   Lombardo, Michael V ^a   Ruigrok, Amber N V ^a   Chakrabarti, Bhismadev ^a,b   Wheelwright, Sally J ^a   Auyeung, Bonnie ^a   Allison, Carrie ^a   Bailey, Anthony J ^c   Baron Cohen, Simon ^a,c   Bolton, Patrick F ^d   Bullmore, Edward T ^c   Carrington, Sarah ^c   Catani, Marco ^d   Craig, Michael C ^d   Daly, Eileen M ^d   Deoni, Sean C ^d   Ecker, Christine ^d   Happé, Francesca ^d   Henty, Julian ^c   Jezzard, Peter ^c   Johnston, Patrick ^d   Jones, Derek K ^d   Madden, Anya ^d   Mullins, Diane ^d   Murphy, Clodagh M ^d   Murphy, Declan G M ^d   Pasco, Greg ^c   Sadek, Susan A ^c   Spain, Debbie ^d   Stewart, Rose ^c   Suckling, John ^c   Williams, Steven C ^d   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^c IoP ^*

^d Clinical Neuroscience Division   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; AUTISM; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL FUNCTION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; RESPONSE TIME; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL PROBLEM;

EID: 84867628540     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0047198     Document Type: Article

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