Beyond individual differences: Are working memory and inhibition informative specifiers within ASD?

Journal of Neural Transmission

Volumn 121, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 1183-1198

  De Vries, Marieke ^a   Geurts, Hilde M ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b Autism Outpatient Clinic   (Netherlands)

^c Cognitive Science Center Amsterdam ^*  (Netherlands)

Author keywords

ASD; Individual differences; Inhibition; WM

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; AUTISM; CHILD; COGNITION; COMORBIDITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GROUP DYNAMICS; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL TASK; MOTIVATION; PARENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPONSE TIME; SOCIAL INTERACTION; STEREOTYPY; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORKING MEMORY; INDIVIDUALITY; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); INTELLIGENCE; INTELLIGENCE TEST; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SHORT TERM MEMORY;

ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); INTELLIGENCE; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84907597499     PISSN: 03009564     EISSN: 14351463     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00702-014-1225-z     Document Type: Article

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