Shifting impairment and aggression in intellectual disability and Autism Spectrum Disorder

Research in Developmental Disabilities

Volumn 35, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 2137-2147

  Visser, E M ^a   Berger, H J C ^a   Prins, J B ^a   Van Schrojenstein Lantman De Valk, H M J ^a   Teunisse, J P ^a,b,c  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b Dr Leo Kannerhuis   (Netherlands)

^c HAN UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Aggression; Autism; Cognitive shifting; Intellectual disability

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; AUTISM; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; DSM-IV; EMOTION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; RATING SCALE; RISK FACTOR; STAFF OBSERVATION AGGRESSION SCALE REVISED; STEREOTYPY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; YOUNG ADULT; ATTENTION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; PSYCHOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGGRESSION; ATTENTION; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; COGNITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY; MALE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84901642714     PISSN: 08914222     EISSN: 18733379     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ridd.2014.04.021     Document Type: Article

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