Are people with autism and Asperger syndrome faster than normal on the embedded figures test?
Are people with autism and Asperger syndrome faster than normal on the embedded figures test?
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DOI：
10.1111/j.1469-7610.1997.tb01539.x
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发表时间：
1997-07-01
影响因子：
7.6
通讯作者：
BaronCohen, S
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作者：
Jolliffe, T;BaronCohen, S
先前的研究表明，自闭症儿童在嵌入图形测试（EFT）中表现优异（相对于他们的一般心理年龄）。弗里思解释说，这表明它们具有“弱的中心一致性”。在实验1中，使用成人水平版本的任务，我们旨在复制和扩展这一发现，首先，通过收集反应时间（RT）数据；第二，通过测试智力正常的成年自闭症患者；第三，通过测试一组患有阿斯伯格综合症的成年人，来测试自闭症和阿斯伯格综合症之间的差异。两个临床组在EFT上都明显更快。在实验2中，我们使用一种基于经典Rey图的新型绘图任务，研究了这种差异是否由于偏爱局部处理而不是全局处理。临床组在这个测试上没有显著差异，但有这种差异的趋势。对自闭症和阿斯伯格综合症中EFT优势的其他解释也被考虑。
Previous work suggests children with autism show superior performance (in relation to their general mental age) on the Embedded Figures Test (EFT). Frith interprets this as showing that they have ''weak central coherence''. In Experiment 1, using an adult level version of this task, we aimed to replicate and extend this finding, first, by collecting response time (RT) data; second, by testing adults with autism of normal intelligence; and third, by testing a group of adults with Asperger syndrome, in order to test for differences between autism and Asperger syndrome. Both clinical groups were significantly faster on the EFT. In Experiment 2, we investigated if this difference was due to a preference for local over global processing, using a novel drawing task based on the classical Rey Figure. The clinical groups did not differ significantly on this test, but there was a trend towards such a difference. Alternative explanations for the EFT superiority in autism and Asperger syndrome are considered.