More Than IQ: Executive Function Explains Adaptive Behavior Above and Beyond Nonverbal IQ in Youth With Autism and Lower IQ

Executive function impairments in high IQ adults with ADHD.

OBJECTIVES To demonstrate that high IQ adults diagnosed with ADHD suffer from executive function (EF) impairments that: a) can be identified with a combination of standardized measures and self-report data; and b) occur more commonly in this group than in the general population. METHOD 157 ADHD adults with IQ >/= 120 were assessed with 8 normed measures of EF- 3 index scores from standardized...

High "intelligence," low "IQ"? Speed of processing and measured IQ in children with autism.

The uneven profile of performance on standard assessments of intelligence and the high incidence of savant skills have prompted interest in the nature of intelligence in autism. The present paper reports the first group study of speed of processing in children with autism (IQ 1 SD below average) using an inspection time task. The children with autism showed inspection times as fast as an age-ma...

A guide to child nonverbal IQ measures.

This guide provides a basic overview of 16 child nonverbal IQ measures and uses a set of specified criteria to evaluate them in terms of their psychometric properties. In doing so, the goal is neither to validate nor to criticize current uses of IQ but to (a) familiarize clinicians and investigators with the variety of nonverbal IQ measures currently available, (b) highlight some of the importa...

IQ in children with ASD IQ in children with autism spectrum disorders: data from the Special Needs and Autism

Background: Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) was once considered to be highly associated with intellectual disability and to show a characteristic IQ profile; with strengths in Performance over Verbal abilities and a distinctive pattern of ‘peaks’ and ‘troughs’ at the subtest level. However, there is little data from epidemiological studies. Method: Comprehensive clinical assessments were conduct...

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