Assessing planning and set-shifting abilities in autism: Are experimenter-administered and computerised versions of tasks equivalent?

Autism Research

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 461-467

  Williams, David ^a   Jarrold, Christopher ^b  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Autism; Executive functioning; Planning; Set shifting; Tower of London task; Wisconsin Card Sorting Test

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASPERGER SYNDROME; AUTISM; CHILD; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMPUTER; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; EXPERIMENT; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; SCHOOL CHILD; TASK PERFORMANCE; TREATMENT PLANNING; WISCONSIN CARD SORTING TEST;

AUTISM; EXECUTIVE FUNCTIONING; PLANNING; SET-SHIFTING; TOWER OF LONDON TASK; WISCONSIN CARD SORTING TEST;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD; COMPUTER-ASSISTED INSTRUCTION; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PROBLEM SOLVING; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SET (PSYCHOLOGY); TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 84890799237     PISSN: 19393792     EISSN: 19393806     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aur.1311     Document Type: Article

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