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Jones, Desiree R.; Dallman, Aaron; Harrop, Clare; Whitten, Allison; Pritchett, Jill; Lecavalier, Luc; Bodfish, James W.; Boyd, Brian A. – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2022
This study evaluates the feasibility of the NIH Toolbox Cognition Battery (NIH-TCB) for use in autism spectrum disorder (ASD). 116 autistic children and adolescents and 80 typically developing (TD) controls, ages 3-17 years, completed four NIH-TCB tasks related to inhibitory control, cognitive flexibility, processing speed, and episodic memory.…
Descriptors: Cognitive Tests, Cognitive Ability, Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders
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Zhao, Jing; Chen, Si; Tong, Xiuli; Yi, Li – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2019
This study examined Chinese character recognition and its cognitive and linguistic correlates in preschool children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Forty-seven children with ASD and 51 IQ-matched typically developing (TD) children were tested on Chinese character recognition, rapid automatized naming, inhibitory control, digit span, IQ,…
Descriptors: Chinese, Orthographic Symbols, Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders
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South, M.; Stephenson, K. G.; Nielson, C. A.; Maisel, M.; Top, D. N.; Kirwan, C. B. – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2015
Bowler et al. ("Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders" 44(9):2355-2362. doi:10.1007/s10803-014-2105-y, 2014) have suggested that a specific memory impairment in autism spectrum disorders (ASD) arises from hippocampal failure to consolidate multiple related pieces of information. Twenty-four adults diagnosed with ASD and matched…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Adults, Memory