Object-location memory in adults with autism spectrum disorder

Autism Research

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 609-619

  Ring, Melanie ^a   Gaigg, Sebastian B ^a   Bowler, Dermot M ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Autism spectrum disorder; Explicit relational memory; Implicit relational memory; Process dissociation procedure; Recognition memory; Source memory; Task support hypothesis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTISM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENT; EXPLICIT MEMORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMPLICIT MEMORY; MALE; OBJECT LOCATION TASK; PHOTOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECOGNITION; TASK PERFORMANCE; DEPTH PERCEPTION; MEMORY; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHYSIOLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; SPACE PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84945441912     PISSN: 19393792     EISSN: 19393806     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aur.1478     Document Type: Article

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