Autobiographical memory in adults with autism spectrum disorder: The role of depressed mood, rumination, working memory and theory of mind

Autism

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 205-219

  Crane, Laura ^a,b   Goddard, Lorna ^a   Pring, Linda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SOUTH BANK UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

autism; autobiographical memory; depressed mood; rumination; theory of mind; working memory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTISM; AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL MEMORY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF CONCEPT; THEORY OF MIND; WORKING MEMORY;

ADULT; ASPERGER SYNDROME; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; MEMORY, EPISODIC; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MIDDLE AGED; THEORY OF MIND; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84875254308     PISSN: 13623613     EISSN: 14617005     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1362361311418690     Document Type: Article

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