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Russell, James; Jarrold, Christopher; Hood, Bruce – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 1999
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 executive tasks because they are unlikely to encode rules…
Descriptors: Autism, Children, Cognitive Development, Metacognition

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)