Executive functions and adaptive behaviour in autism spectrum disorders with and without intellectual disability

S Panerai, D Tasca, R Ferri… - Psychiatry …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Executive functions (EF) in autism spectrum disorders (ASD) have been often investigated,
although results seem to be rather inconsistent. The first aim of this study was to detect …

Everyday executive function impairments predict comorbid psychopathology in autism spectrum and attention deficit hyperactivity disorders.

RA Lawson, AA Papadakis, CI Higginson… - …, 2015 - psycnet.apa.org
Objective: Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
(ADHD) both have psychiatric comorbidities and distinctive profiles of executive dysfunction …

Executive functions in youths with autism spectrum disorder and their unaffected siblings

GJ Seng, WL Tseng, YN Chiu, WC Tsai… - Psychological …, 2021 - cambridge.org
BackgroundExecutive dysfunction is one of the main cognitive theories of autism spectrum
disorder (ASD). Despite evidence of deficits in executive functions in individuals with ASD …

Elevated symptoms of executive dysfunction predict lower adaptive functioning in 3‐year‐olds with autism spectrum disorder

K Powell, S Macari, E Brennan‐Wydra… - Autism …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Executive functioning (EF) deficits co‐occur frequently with autism spectrum disorder (ASD)
and have a long‐term detrimental impact on quality of life of children and their families …

Characterizing the factor structure of parent reported executive function in autism spectrum disorders: The impact of cognitive inflexibility

Y Granader, GL Wallace, KK Hardy, BE Yerys… - Journal of Autism and …, 2014 - Springer
Parents of children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) consistently report executive
functioning (EF) deficits. This study investigates the factor structure of the Behavior Rating …

Executive functions in young adults with autism spectrum disorder

DI Brady, DH Saklofske, VL Schwean… - Focus on Autism …, 2017 - journals.sagepub.com
Researchers have proposed that autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is characterized, at least
in part, by executive function (EF) difficulties associated with the integrity of the frontal lobe …

Impairments on “open‐ended” executive function tests in autism

SJ White, PW Burgess, EL Hill - Autism Research, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
The executive function (EF) theory of autism has received much support recently from a
growing number of studies. However, executive impairments have not always been easy to …

Relationship between executive functioning and symptoms of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder and autism spectrum disorder in 6–8 year old children

RJ Neely, JL Green, E Sciberras, P Hazell… - Journal of Autism and …, 2016 - Springer
This study examined relationships between executive functioning (EF) and ADHD/ASD
symptoms in 339 6–8 year-old children to characterise EF profiles associated with ADHD …

A review of executive function deficits in autism spectrum disorder and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder

F Craig, F Margari, AR Legrottaglie… - Neuropsychiatric …, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
Executive dysfunction has been shown to be a promising endophenotype in
neurodevelopmental disorders such as autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and attention …

Executive function is affected in autism spectrum disorder, but does not correlate with intelligence

J Merchan-Naranjo, L Boada, A del Rey-Mejias… - Revista de Psiquiatría y …, 2016 - Elsevier
Introduction Studies of executive function in autism spectrum disorder without intellectual
disability (ASD-WID) patients are contradictory. We assessed a wide range of executive …