Episodic future thinking in children with autism spectrum disorder

Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

Volumn 43, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 2558-2568

  Terrett, Gill ^a   Rendell, Peter G ^a   Raponi Saunders, Sandra ^a   Henry, Julie D ^b   Bailey, Phoebe E ^c   Altgassen, Mareike ^d,e  

^a AUSTRALIAN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

^d DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^e RADBOUD UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Autism spectrum disorder; Children; Episodic future thinking; Episodic memory; Executive functioning; Imagining the future

Indexed keywords

ADAPTED AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL INTERVIEW; ARTICLE; AUTISM; AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL MEMORY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRITICAL THINKING; EPISODIC FUTURE THINKING; EPISODIC MEMORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; INTERVIEW; LIFE EVENT; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; SCHOOL CHILD; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; THEORY OF MIND;

CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGINATION; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; MEMORY, EPISODIC; THINKING;

EID: 84886774744     PISSN: 01623257     EISSN: 15733432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10803-013-1806-y     Document Type: Article

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