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Beelen, Caroline; Cuypers, Koen; van Schuerbeeck, Lise; Braeken, Marijke; Ross, Veerle; Jongen, Ellen; Meesen, Raf; Vanvuchelen, Marleen – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2018
Imitation problems are commonly reported in children with an autism spectrum disorder. However, it has not yet been determined whether imitation problems persist into young adulthood. In this study, we investigated imitation skills of 20 intellectually able young adults with autism spectrum disorder relative to 19 age-matched neurotypical adults.…
Descriptors: Imitation, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Autism, Young Adults
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Wang, Shinmin; Gathercole, Susan E. – Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 2013
The current study investigated the cause of the reported problems in working memory in children with reading difficulties. Verbal and visuospatial simple and complex span tasks, and digit span and reaction times tasks performed singly and in combination, were administered to 46 children with single word reading difficulties and 45 typically…
Descriptors: Reading Difficulties, Short Term Memory, Nonverbal Ability, Task Analysis