Disembedding performance in children and adolescents with Asperger syndrome or high-functioning autism
Disembedding performance in children and adolescents with Asperger syndrome or high-functioning autism
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DOI：
10.1177/1362361307070988
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发表时间：
2007-01-01
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影响因子：
5.2
通讯作者：
Smith, Lars
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作者：
Kaland, Nils;Mortensen, Erik Lykke;Smith, Lars
本研究的目的是评估早期研究中所报告的发现，即自闭症谱系障碍患者处理视觉空间任务比正常发育的对照组更快。本研究的参与者是患有阿斯伯格综合征（AS）或高功能自闭症（HFA）的儿童和青少年（N = 13），以及一组匹配的正常发育儿童和青少年（N = 13）。结果显示，临床组的参与者在积木设计测验和嵌入图形测验中的表现比对照组略差，但差异无统计学意义。因此，早期表明自闭症谱系障碍患者比正常发育的对照组更快地解决非社会认知任务的发现未得到重复验证。结合弱中央统合假设对结果进行了讨论。
The aim of the present study was to assess the findings, reported in earlier studies, that individuals with autism spectrum disorders process visuo-spatial tasks faster than typically developing control persons. The participants in the present study were children and adolescents with Asperger syndrome (AS) or high-functioning autism (HFA) (N = 13), and a matched group of typically developing children and adolescents (N = 13). The results showed that the participants in the clinical group performed marginally less well than those in the control group on both the Block Design Test and the Embedded Figures Test, but the differences were not statistically significant. Thus, earlier findings suggesting that individuals with autism spectrum disorders solve non-social cognitive tasks faster than typically developing control persons were not replicated. The results are discussed with special reference to the hypothesis of weak central coherence.