Boys with autism spectrum disorders show superior performance on the adult Embedded Figures Test

Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 1-7

  Schlooz, Wim A J M ^a   Hulstijn, Wouter ^b  

^a Centre for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Herlaarhof   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Autism; Central coherence; Cognitive development; Embedded Figures Test; PDD NOS

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASPERGER SYNDROME; AUTISM; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; MALE; PERCEPTION; PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

EID: 84887480026     PISSN: 17509467     EISSN: 18780237     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rasd.2013.10.004     Document Type: Article

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