Recall of a live and personally experienced eyewitness event by adults with autism spectrum disorder

Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

Volumn 43, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1798-1810

  Maras, Katie L ^a   Memon, Amina ^a   Lambrechts, Anna ^b   Bowler, Dermot M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Autism spectrum disorder; Eyewitness; Memory; Self enactment effect; Source monitoring

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTISM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MALE; MEMORY; MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECALL; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION; WITNESS; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EPISODIC MEMORY; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; WECHSLER INTELLIGENCE SCALE;

ADULT; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MALE; MEMORY, EPISODIC; MENTAL RECALL; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; WECHSLER SCALES;

EID: 84880316678     PISSN: 01623257     EISSN: 15733432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10803-012-1729-z     Document Type: Article

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