J Autism Dev Disord. 2005 Oct;35(5):557-73.

Language, social, and executive functions in high functioning autism: a continuum of performance.

Source

The Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA. Landa@KennedyKrieger.org

Abstract

This study examined language and executive functions (EF) in high-functioning school-aged individuals with autism and individually matched controls. Relationships between executive, language, and social functioning were also examined. Participants with autism exhibited difficulty on measures of expressive grammar, figurative language, planning, and spatial working memory. A mixed profile of impaired and enhanced abilities was noted in set-shifting. While controls showed the typical increase in errors when shifting sets from an intra-dimensional to an extra-dimensional stimulus, this pattern was not noted in participants with autism. Relationships between EF, language, and social performance were weak to non-existent. Implications for theories of core deficit in autism and dissociable nature of the language and executive impairments in autism are discussed.

PMID:: 16211332; [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

LinkOut - more resources

Full Text Sources

Other Literature Sources

Medical

Supplemental Content

Save items

Related citations in PubMed

Subtle executive impairment in children with autism and children with ADHD. [J Autism Dev Disord. 2005]
Subtle executive impairment in children with autism and children with ADHD.
Goldberg MC, Mostofsky SH, Cutting LE, Mahone EM, Astor BC, Denckla MB, Landa RJ. J Autism Dev Disord. 2005 Jun; 35(3):279-93.
Executive dysfunction and its relation to language ability in verbal school-age children with autism. [Dev Neuropsychol. 2005]
Executive dysfunction and its relation to language ability in verbal school-age children with autism.
Joseph RM, McGrath LM, Tager-Flusberg H. Dev Neuropsychol. 2005; 27(3):361-78.
Spatial cognition in autism spectrum disorders: superior, impaired, or just intact? [J Autism Dev Disord. 2005]
Spatial cognition in autism spectrum disorders: superior, impaired, or just intact?
Edgin JO, Pennington BF. J Autism Dev Disord. 2005 Dec; 35(6):729-45.
Review Deconstructing executive deficits among persons with autism: implications for cognitive neuroscience. [Brain Cogn. 2007]
Review Deconstructing executive deficits among persons with autism: implications for cognitive neuroscience.
Russo N, Flanagan T, Iarocci G, Berringer D, Zelazo PD, Burack JA. Brain Cogn. 2007 Oct; 65(1):77-86. Epub 2007 Sep 7.
Review [Functioning of memory in subjects with autism]. [Encephale. 2008]
Review [Functioning of memory in subjects with autism].
Gras-Vincendon A, Bursztejn C, Danion JM. Encephale. 2008 Dec; 34(6):550-6. Epub 2008 Mar 4.

See reviews... See all...

Cited by 10 PubMed Central articles

Expressive morphosyntax in boys with Fragile X syndrome with and without autism spectrum disorder. [Int J Lang Commun Disord. 2011]
Expressive morphosyntax in boys with Fragile X syndrome with and without autism spectrum disorder.
Estigarribia B, Roberts JE, Sideris J, Price J. Int J Lang Commun Disord. 2011 Mar-Apr; 46(2):216-30.
Expressive language in male adolescents with fragile X syndrome with and without comorbid autism. [J Intellect Disabil Res. 2010]
Expressive language in male adolescents with fragile X syndrome with and without comorbid autism.
Kover ST, Abbeduto L. J Intellect Disabil Res. 2010 Mar; 54(3):246-65. Epub 2010 Feb 8.
Set-shifting in children with autism spectrum disorders: reversal shifting deficits on the Intradimensional/Extradimensional Shift Test correlate with repetitive behaviors. [Autism. 2009]
Set-shifting in children with autism spectrum disorders: reversal shifting deficits on the Intradimensional/Extradimensional Shift Test correlate with repetitive behaviors.
Yerys BE, Wallace GL, Harrison B, Celano MJ, Giedd JN, Kenworthy LE. Autism. 2009 Sep; 13(5):523-38.

See all...

Related information

Related Citations
Calculated set of PubMed citations closely related to the selected article(s) retrieved using a word weight algorithm. Related articles are displayed in ranked order from most to least relevant, with the “linked from” citation displayed first.
Cited in PMC
Full-text articles in the PubMed Central Database that cite the current articles.

Recent activity

Clear Turn Off Turn On

Language, social, and executive functions in high functioning autism: a continuu...
Language, social, and executive functions in high functioning autism: a continuum of performance.
J Autism Dev Disord. 2005 Oct ;35(5):557-73.

PubMed
Clinical applications of salivary cortisol measurements.
Clinical applications of salivary cortisol measurements.
Singapore Med J. 1992 Apr ;33(2):170-3.

PubMed
An inappropriate diet.
An inappropriate diet.
Clin Pediatr (Phila). 2005 Oct ;44(8):735-7.

PubMed
Discovery of regulatory elements in vertebrates through comparative genomics.
Discovery of regulatory elements in vertebrates through comparative genomics.
Nat Biotechnol. 2005 Oct ;23(10):1249-56.

PubMed
Increased osteoclast development after estrogen loss: mediation by interleukin-6...
Increased osteoclast development after estrogen loss: mediation by interleukin-6.
Science. 1992 Jul 3 ;257(5066):88-91.

PubMed

Your browsing activity is empty.

Activity recording is turned off.

Turn recording back on

PubMed

Result Filters

Display Settings:

Send to:

Language, social, and executive functions in high functioning autism: a continuum of performance.

Source

Abstract

Publication Types, MeSH Terms, Grant Support

Publication Types

MeSH Terms

Grant Support

LinkOut - more resources

Full Text Sources

Other Literature Sources

Medical

Supplemental Content

Save items

Related citations in PubMed

Cited by 10 PubMed Central articles

Related information

Recent activity

Simple NCBI Directory

Getting Started

Resources

Popular

Featured

NCBI Information