Development of autobiographical memory in children with autism spectrum disorders: Deficits, gains, and predictors of performance

Development and Psychopathology

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 215-228

  Goddard, Lorna ^a   Dritschel, Barbara ^b   Robinson, Sally ^c   Howlin, Patricia ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; AUTISM; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COGNITION; EPISODIC MEMORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RECALL;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; COGNITION; CUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY, EPISODIC; MENTAL RECALL; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS;

EID: 84896491548     PISSN: 09545794     EISSN: 14692198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0954579413000904     Document Type: Article

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