Brief report: Cognitive flexibility in autism spectrum disorders: A quantitative review

Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

Volumn 44, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 2628-2645

  Leung, Rachel C ^a,b   Zakzanis, Konstantine K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

Author keywords

ASD; Autism spectrum disorders; Cognitive flexibility; Meta analysis; Set shifting

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASSESSMENT OF HUMANS; AUTISM; BEHAVIORAL RATING INVENTORY OF EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; COGNITION; COGNITIVE FLEXIBILITY; ECOLOGICAL VALIDITY; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; PERFORMANCE; RESPONSE TIME; SELF REPORT; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PSYCHOLOGY; STANDARDS;

CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; COGNITION; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SELF REPORT;

EID: 84912048543     PISSN: 01623257     EISSN: 15733432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10803-014-2136-4     Document Type: Article

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