Directed forgetting in high-functioning adults with autism spectrum disorders

Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

Volumn 44, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 2514-2524

  Meyer, Brenda J ^a,b   Gardiner, John M ^b,c   Bowler, Dermot M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Autism; Autonoetic awareness; Elaborative rehearsal; Episodic memory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTISM; AUTONOETIC AWARENESS; AWARENESS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIRECTED FORGETTING; EPISODIC MEMORY; FEMALE; FULL INTELLEGENCE QUOTA; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; KNOW RESPONSE; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; PERFORMANCE INTELLIGENCE QUOTA SCORE; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; RECOGNITION; REMEMBER RESPONSE; SCORING SYSTEM; TO BE LEARNED WORD; VERBAL INTELLEGENCE QUOTA SCORE; WORD RECOGNITION; ASSOCIATION; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; CONTROLLED STUDY; LEARNING; MEMORY; MEMORY DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AWARENESS; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; CUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEARNING; MALE; MEMORY; MEMORY DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTIC STIMULATION; VERBAL LEARNING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84912002306     PISSN: 01623257     EISSN: 15733432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10803-014-2121-y     Document Type: Article

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