title: Word fluency in high-functioning autistic children.
abstract: The performance of a group of seven high-functioning autistic children on tests of word fluency was compared with that of controls of similar age and vocabulary level. The two groups performed equally well when generating words in response to familiar category cues. However, autistic children performed significantly less well than controls when generating miscellaneous words. Results are discussed in relation to semantic organization and memory in autism.
authors.affiliation: University of Warwick, Coventry.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Boucher
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001321:Autistic Disorder / Q000523:psychology*; D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D008607:Intellectual Disability / Q000523:psychology; D008297:Male; D008568:Memory; D012660:Semantics; D014705:Verbal Behavior