Separate components of emotional Go/No-Go performance relate to autism versus attention symptoms in children with autism

Neuropsychology

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 537-545

  Yerys, Benjamin E ^a,b   Kenworthy, Lauren ^b   Jankowski, Kathryn F ^b   Strang, John ^b   Wallace, Gregory L ^c  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder; Autism; Cognitive control; Emotion; Response inhibition

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANGER; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; AUTISM; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EMOTION; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEAR; FEMALE; HAPPINESS; HUMAN; HYPERACTIVITY; IMPULSIVENESS; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SYMPTOM;

AFFECT; ATTENTION; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD; COGNITION DISORDERS; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMPULSIVE BEHAVIOR; MALE;

EID: 84884336572     PISSN: 08944105     EISSN: 19311559     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0033615     Document Type: Article

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