Spatial and identity cues differentially affect implicit contextual cueing in adolescents and adults with autism spectrum disorder

Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

Volumn 43, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 2393-2404

  Travers, Brittany G ^a,d   Powell, Patrick S ^a,b   Mussey, Joanna L ^a   Klinger, Laura G ^a,c   Crisler, Megan E ^a   Klinger, Mark R ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^b University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Attention; Autism; Contextual cueing; Implicit learning; Learning

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; AUTISM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTEXTUAL CUEING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IDENTITY CUE; IMPLICIT LEARNING; LEARNING; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPATIAL CUE; STIMULUS RESPONSE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; CUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84884973292     PISSN: 01623257     EISSN: 15733432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10803-013-1787-x     Document Type: Article

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