Executive Function Deficits in Non-Retarded Autistic Children.

Shu, Bih-Ching; Lung, For-Wey; Tien, Allen Y.; Chen, Bor-Chih

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ERIC Number: EJ627994

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 2001

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Executive Function Deficits in Non-Retarded Autistic Children.

Shu, Bih-Ching; Lung, For-Wey; Tien, Allen Y.; Chen, Bor-Chih

Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, v5 n2 p165-74 Jun 2001

A study involving 26 Taiwanese children (ages 6-12) with autism and 52 controls found scores on the Wisconsin Card Sorting Test were significantly higher for controls for categories completed and percent conceptual level. Scores on perseverative responses, perseverative errors, and non-perseverative errors were higher for those with autism. (Contains references.) (Author/CR)

Descriptors: Autism, Children, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Elementary Education, Error Patterns, Foreign Countries, Individual Characteristics, Symptoms (Individual Disorders)

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: Taiwan

Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Wisconsin Card Sorting Test

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