Neuropsychological Deficits in Autism
Ozonoff, S., Pennington, B.F., & Rogers, S.J. (1991).
Executive function deficits in high-functioning autistic individuals:
Relationship to theory of mind. Journal of Child Psychology
and Psychiatry, 32(7), 1081-1105.
Initial test of the executive dysfunction hypothesis of autism.
Rogers, S.J., & Pennington, B.F. (1991).
A theoretical
approach to the deficits in infantile autism. Development
and Psychopathology, 3, 137-162.
A cascade model of early development in autism that postulates a core deficit in imitation.
Bennetto, L., Pennington, B.F., & Rogers, S.J. (1996).
Intact and impaired memory functions in autism. Child Development,
67, 1816-1835.
A third test of the executive dysfunction hypothesis: deficits in working memory but not long term memory.
Rogers, S.J., Bennetto, L., McEvoy, R., & Pennington,
B.F. (1996). Imitation and pantomime in high functioning adolescents
with autism. Child Development, 67, 2060-2073.
Tested and supported the imitation theory of autism.
Griffith, E.M., Pennington, B.F., Wehner, E.A., & Rogers,
S.J. (1999). Executive
functions in young children with autism. Child Development,
70, 817-832.
Failure to find executive deficits in young children with autism: a fatal flaw for this hypothesis.
Carpenter, M., Pennington, B.F., & Rogers, S.J. (2001).
Understanding of
others' intentions in children with autism. Journal
of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 31, 589-599.
Young children with autism appear to understand others' intentions: rejects both the theory of mind and executive dysfunction theories.
Yerys, B.E., Hepburn, S.L., Pennington, B.F., & Rogers, S.J. (2007).
Executive function in young children with autism:
Evidence consistent with a secondary deficit. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders,
37(6), 1068-1079. PMCID: 17171455.
Edgin, J.O., & Pennington, B.F. (2005). Spatial
cognition in autism spectrum disorders: Superior, impaired,
or just intact? Journal of Autism and Developmental
Disorders, 35(6), 729-745.
Rutherford, M.D., Pennington, B.F., & Rogers, S.J. (2006).
The perception of animacy in young children with autism.
Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 36(8), 983-992.
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Fundamental Issues
Genetics of Dyslexia and Other Learning
Disabilities
Phenotype Analyses of Dyslexia
Neuropsychology of Mental Retardation Syndromes
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