On the relationship between autistic traits and executive functioning in a non-clinical Dutch student population

Autism

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 379-389

  Maes, Joseph H R ^a   Vissers, Constance Thwm ^a,b   Egger, Jos I M ^a,b   Eling, Paul A T M ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b VINCENT VAN GOGH INSTITUTE FOR PSYCHIATRY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Autism Spectrum Quotient; executive functioning; non clinical student population; phonemic fluency; random number generation; Temperament and Character Inventory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTISM QUOTIENT; AUTISTIC TRAIT; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; NETHERLANDS; PERSONALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOMETRY; TEMPERAMENT AND CHARACTER INVENTORY; WORKING MEMORY;

AUTISM-SPECTRUM QUOTIENT; EXECUTIVE FUNCTIONING; NON-CLINICAL STUDENT POPULATION; PHONEMIC FLUENCY; RANDOM NUMBER GENERATION; TEMPERAMENT AND CHARACTER INVENTORY;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; NETHERLANDS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84870897091     PISSN: 13623613     EISSN: 14617005     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1362361312442009     Document Type: Article

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