What is it about?
This study is about whether individuals with autism spectrum disorders complete visuo-spatial tasks faster than typically developing peers, as has often been claimed.
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Why is it important?
Participants were children and adolescents with high-functioning autism, along with matched control subjects. The study did not replicate earlier findings that individuals with high-functioning autism outperform typically developing individuals on assessments like Block Design and Embedded Figures.
Perspectives
Replication studies are necessary in this area of research. The present study raises questions regarding earlier reports of enhanced non-social task performance in individuals with high-functioning autism. These findings are examined within the framework of the Weak Central Coherence Hypothesis, which suggests that individuals with autism exhibit a tendency to focus on details rather than global features.
Professor Lars Smith
University of Oslo
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This page is a summary of: Disembedding performance in children and adolescents with Asperger syndrome or high-functioning autism, Autism, January 2007, SAGE Publications,
DOI: 10.1177/1362361307070988.
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