Executive Function Skills in School-Age Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder: Association With Language Abilities.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

This article reviews research on executive function (EF) skills in children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and the relation between EF and language abilities. The current study assessed EF using nonverbal tasks of inhibition, shifting, and updating of working memory (WM) in school-age children with ASD. It also evaluated the association between children's receptive and expressive language abilities and EF performance.

Method

In this study, we sought to address variables that have contributed to inconsistencies in this area of research-including task issues, group comparisons, and participant heterogeneity. EF abilities in children with ASD (n = 48) were compared to typically developing controls (n = 71) matched on age, as well as when statistically controlling f

SUBMITTER: Ellis Weismer S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6693571 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature