Cognitive flexibility in ASD; Task switching with emotional faces

Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

Volumn 42, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 2558-2568

  De Vries, Marieke ^a,c   Geurts, Hilde M ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b Autism Outpatient Clinic   (Netherlands)

^c Dutch Autism   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

ASD; Cognitive flexibility; Emotion; Executive functioning; Task switching

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTISM; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COGNITIVE FLEXIBILITY DEFICIT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOLOGICAL VALIDITY; EMOTION; EMOTIONAL FACE; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORKING MEMORY; COGNITION; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SHORT TERM MEMORY;

CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; COGNITION; EMOTIONS; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84876478661     PISSN: 01623257     EISSN: 15733432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10803-012-1512-1     Document Type: Article

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