Spatial cognition in autism spectrum disorders: Superior, impaired, or just intact?
Spatial cognition in autism spectrum disorders: Superior, impaired, or just intact?
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DOI：
10.1007/s10803-005-0020-y
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发表时间：
2005-12-01
影响因子：
3.9
通讯作者：
Pennington, BF
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作者：
Edgin, JO;Pennington, BF
空间能力的概况在自闭症谱系障碍(ASD)中引起了人们的兴趣，因为已经报道了ASD的空间优势，以及最近阿斯伯格综合症与非语言学习障碍的关联。空间功能与自闭症的两种认知理论：中央连贯理论和执行功能(EF)理论进行了研究。比较了自闭症儿童和对照组儿童在空间任务、事件相关电位和全局/局部加工方面的表现。虽然自闭症组在嵌入图形任务上有更快的反应时间，但在其他任务上空间表现完好无损，但并不优越。没有证据表明EF或在处理全局/局部信息时存在损害，因此与这两种理论相矛盾。讨论了这些结果对这两种理论的影响。
The profile of spatial ability is of interest across autism spectrum disorders (ASD) because of reported spatial strengths in ASD and due to the recent association of Asperger's syndrome with Nonverbal Learning Disability. Spatial functions were examined in relation to two cognitive theories in autism: the central coherence and executive function (EF) theories. Performance on spatial tasks, EFs, and global/local processing was compared in children with ASD and controls. While the ASD group had faster reaction times on the Embedded Figures task, spatial performance was intact, but not superior, on other tasks. There was no evidence for impairments in EF or in processing global/local information, therefore contradicting these two theories. The implications of these results for these two theories are discussed.