A preliminary study of gender differences in autobiographical memory in children with an autism spectrum disorder

Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

Volumn 44, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 2087-2095

  Goddard, Lorna ^a   Dritschel, Barbara ^b   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

Autism spectrum disorder; Autobiographical memory; Gender

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AUTISM; AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL MEMORY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; LANGUAGE; LONG TERM MEMORY; MALE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SHORT TERM MEMORY; TASK PERFORMANCE; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; VERBAL FLUENCY; ASSOCIATION; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; EPISODIC MEMORY; PSYCHOLOGY;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; CUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY, EPISODIC; SEX FACTORS; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 84906316261     PISSN: 01623257     EISSN: 15733432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10803-014-2109-7     Document Type: Article

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