Impaired recollection of visual scene details in adults with autism spectrum conditions

Journal of Abnormal Psychology

Volumn 124, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 565-575

  Cooper, Rose A ^a,b   Plaisted Grant, Kate C ^b   Hannula, Deborah E ^c   Ranganath, Charan ^d   Baron Cohen, Simon ^e   Simons, Jon S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Autism; Episodic memory; Recollection; Relational memory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPERGER SYNDROME; AUTISM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; SPATIAL MEMORY; VISUAL MEMORY; ATTENTION; DECISION MAKING; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; RECALL; RECOGNITION; VISION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ATTENTION; AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84938971721     PISSN: 0021843X     EISSN: 19391846     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/abn0000070     Document Type: Article

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