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Semrud-Clikeman, Margaret; Fine, Jodene Goldenring; Bledsoe, Jesse – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2014
It has been suggested that children with nonverbal learning disabilities (NLD) or Asperger's Syndrome (AS) may show difficulties with executive functioning. There were 3 groups in this study who completed a neuropsychological battery of visual-spatial, executive functioning, and reasoning tasks; AS (n = 37), NLD (n = 31), and controls…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Children, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Autism
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Klin, Ami; Sparrow, Sara S.; de Bildt, Annelies; Cicchetti, Domenic V.; Cohen, Donald J.; Volkmar, Fred R. – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 1999
This study used a well-normed task of face recognition with 102 young children with autism, pervasive developmental disorder (PDD) not otherwise specified, and non-PDD disorders (mental retardation and language disorders) matched for chronological age and either verbal or nonverbal mental age. Autistic subjects exhibited pronounced deficits in…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Nonverbal Learning, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Symptoms (Individual Disorders)
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Edgin, Jamie O.; Pennington, Bruce F. – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2005
The profile of spatial ability is of interest across autism spectrum disorders (ASD) because of reported spatial strengths in ASD and due to the recent association of Asperger's syndrome with Nonverbal Learning Disability. Spatial functions were examined in relation to two cognitive theories in autism: the central coherence and executive function…
Descriptors: Spatial Ability, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Nonverbal Learning, Learning Disabilities