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Loveland, Katherine A.; Bachevalier, Jocelyne; Pearson, Deborah A.; Lane, David M. – Neuropsychologia, 2008
We used neuropsychological tasks to investigate integrity of brain circuits linking orbitofrontal cortex and amygdala (orbitofrontal-amygdala), and dorsolateral prefrontal cortex and hippocampus (dorsolateral prefrontal-hippocampus), in 138 individuals aged 7-18 years, with and without autism. We predicted that performance on…
Descriptors: Autism, Brain, Neurological Impairments, Brain Hemisphere Functions
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Loveland, Katherine A.; Kelley, Michelle L. – American Journal of Mental Retardation, 1988
Sixteen individuals with autism and sixteen with Down's Syndrome, aged 10-29, were matched for verbal mental age. The groups' scores did not differ on the Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scales. However, the adaptive skills of Down's Syndrome individuals kept pace with mental age, while the skills of autistic subjects did not change. (Author/JDD)
Descriptors: Adaptive Behavior (of Disabled), Adolescents, Autism, Behavior Development