Impaired sustained attention, focused attention, and vigilance in youths with autistic disorder and Asperger's disorder

Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 881-889

  Chien, Yi Ling ^a,b   Gau, Susan Shur Fen ^a,b   Chiu, Yen Nan ^a   Tsai, Wen Che ^a   Shang, Chi Yung ^a   Wu, Yu Yu ^c,d  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Taiwan)

^d NONE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

ADHD; Asperger's disorder; Attention performance; Autistic disorder; Continuous performance test; Oppositional symptoms

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALERTNESS; ARTICLE; ASPERGER SYNDROME; ATTENTION; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; AUTISM DIAGNOSTIC INTERVIEW REVISED; CHILD; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONNERS CONTINUOUS PERFORMANCE TEST; CONTINUOUS PERFORMANCE TEST; CONTROLLED STUDY; DSM-IV; FEMALE; FOCUSED ATTENTION; HUMAN; IMPULSIVENESS; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; JUVENILE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION TIME; SEX RATIO; STEREOTYPY; SUSTAINED ATTENTION; SYMPTOM; WECHSLER INTELLIGENCE SCALE;

EID: 84900002146     PISSN: 17509467     EISSN: 18780237     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rasd.2014.04.006     Document Type: Article

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