Executive functions in young children with autism
Executive functions in young children with autism
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DOI：
10.1111/1467-8624.00059
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发表时间：
1999-07-01
影响因子：
4.6
通讯作者：
Rogers, SJ
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作者：
Griffith, EM;Pennington, BF;Rogers, SJ
自闭症的执行功能障碍假说得到了大多数老年自闭症患者研究的支持;然而，对幼儿的研究产生了混合的结果。两项研究提出，比较表现的学龄前儿童与自闭症（平均年龄= 51个月/4.3岁）与年龄、语言和非语言能力相匹配的对照组。（n = 18名自闭症和17名对照）在8项执行功能任务上没有发现组间差异（A而不是B，物体提取，A而不是B与无形位移，3-盒固定和混乱，6-盒固定和混乱，空间抑制），但确实发现自闭症儿童发起较少的联合注意和社会互动行为。第二项（纵向）研究的一个子集的儿童（n = 13自闭症和11控制）从第一项研究发现，没有一组的表现在空间rebellion改变了显着的过程中，一年。这些研究的结果对自闭症的执行功能障碍假说提出了严重的挑战。
The executive dysfunction hypothesis of autism has received support from most studies of older people with autism; however, studies of young children have produced mixed results. Two studies are presented that compare the performance of preschoolers with autism (mean = 51 months/4.3 years of age) to a control group matched on age, and verbal and nonverbal ability The first study (n = 18 autism and 17 control) found no group differences in performance on 8 executive function tasks (A not B, Object Retrieval, A not B with Invisible Displacement, 3-Boxes Stationary and Scrambled, 6-Boxes Stationary and Scrambled, and Spatial Reversal), but did find that children with autism initiated fewer joint attention and social interaction behaviors. The second (longitudinal) study of a subset of the children (n = 13 autism and 11 control) from the first study found that neither groups' performance on Spatial Reversal changed significantly over the course of a year. The results of these studies pose a serious challenge to the executive dysfunction hypothesis of autism.