Executive functions are employed to process episodic and relational memories in children with autism spectrum disorders

Neuropsychology

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 615-627

  Maister, Lara ^a,b   Simons, Jon S ^a   Plaisted Grant, Kate ^a  

^a University of Cambridge   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Autism spectrum disorder; Executive functions; Hippocampus; Posterior parietal cortex; Relational memory

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTISM; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EPISODIC MEMORY; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEMORY; MEMORY DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELATIONAL MEMORY; SCHOOL CHILD; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; COGNITION DISORDERS; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; MENTAL RECALL; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMETRICS; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; VERBAL LEARNING;

EID: 84888029341     PISSN: 08944105     EISSN: 19311559     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0034492     Document Type: Article

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