Two Intact Executive Capacities in Children with Autism: Implications for the Core Executive Dysfunctions in the Disorder

Two studies examined executive functions in children with autism. Results indicated that subjects performed like normally developing children when either no arbitrary and novel rules were involved or the output was verbal. Results support the hypothesis that these children are challenged by executiv...

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Published in:	Journal of autism and developmental disorders Vol. 29; no. 2; pp. 103 - 112
Main Authors:	Russell, James, Jarrold, Christopher, Hood, Bruce
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Heidelberg Springer 01.04.1999 Springer Nature B.V
Subjects:	Adolescent Arbitrariness Autism Autistic children Autistic Disorder - complications Autistic Disorder - psychology Biological and medical sciences Capacity Child Child clinical studies Children Cognition - classification Cognitive Development Developmental disorders Executive function Executive Function (Cognition) Female Humans Infantile autism Learning Disorders - diagnosis Learning Disorders - etiology Learning Disorders - psychology Male Medical sciences Memory - classification Metacognition Nonverbal Learning Novels Problem Solving - classification Problem Solving - physiology Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry Psychopathology. Psychiatry Research subjects Verbal Learning Human Learning Autism Executive function School age Adolescent Information processing Developmental disorder Cognition Experimental study Child Preadolescent
ISSN:	0162-3257, 1573-3432
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