Inter-individual cognitive variability in children with Asperger's syndrome

Frontiers in Human Neuroscience

Volumn 8, Issue JULY, 2014, Pages

  Gonzalez Gadea, Maria Luz ^a,b,c   Tripicchio, Paula ^a   Rattazzi, Alexia ^a,h   Baez, Sandra ^a,b,c,d   Marino, Julian ^e   Roca, Maria ^a,b,c   Manes, Facundo ^a,b,c,f   Ibanez, Agustin ^a,b,c,f,g  

^a FAVALORO UNIVERSITY   (Argentina)

^b Universidad Nacional de Río Cuarto Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas   (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DIEGO PORTALES   (Chile)

^d PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA ARGENTINA   (Argentina)

^e UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CÓRDOBA   (Argentina)

^f ARC CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE IN COGNITION AND ITS DISORDERS   (Australia)

^g UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DEL CARIBE   (Colombia)

^h PANAACEA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Asperger's syndrome; Executive functions; Fluid intelligence; Individual variability; Theory of mind

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASPERGER SYNDROME; CASE STUDY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; EXPLORATORY RESEARCH; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTELLIGENCE TEST; MALE; MENTAL CAPACITY; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MENTAL TASK; MENTAL TEST; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; SCHOOL CHILD; THEORY OF MIND;

EID: 84905256977     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16625161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2014.00575     Document Type: Article

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