This study used information processing paradigms to provide a detailed examination of
executive function abilities in autism. The performance of non‐retarded autistic children was …

It has been proposed that deficient executive functions, such as flexibility, set maintenance,
organization, planning, and working memory, may be primary cognitive deficits of autism …

Many studies have shown that children with autism perform at a much lower level than
control subjects on tests of executive functioning, defined as tasks requiring subjects to hold …

While a converging body of evidence suggest that executive dysfunction is a central
cognitive deficit of autism, a number of critical issues remain to be explored. First, the …

In this paper studies of executive function in autism spectrum disorder are reviewed.
Executive function is an umbrella term for functions such as planning, working memory …

The executive function theory was utilized to examine the relationship between cognitive
process and the restricted, repetitive symptoms of Autistic Disorder (AD). Seventeen adults …

Although autism has been relatively well described at the symptom level (American
Psychiatric Association, 1987; Rapin, 1991; Rutter, 1978a; Rutter & Schopler, 1987), the …

The Color-Word Interference Test, Trail Making Test, Verbal Fluency Test, and Design
Fluency Test from the Delis-Kaplan Executive Function System (Delis, Kaplan, & Kramer …

Both executive function and theory of mind impairment have been suggested as primary
deficits of autism. One test of the primacy of a deficit is its persistence and stability …

This study examined language and executive functions (EF) in high-functioning school-aged
individuals with autism and individually matched controls. Relationships between executive …