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The Weak Coherence Account: Detail-Focused Cognitive Style in Autism Spectrum Disorders
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Happe, Francesca; Frith, Uta – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2006
"Weak central coherence" refers to the detail-focused processing style proposed to characterise autism spectrum disorders (ASD). The original suggestion of a core deficit in central processing resulting in failure to extract global form/meaning, has been challenged in three ways. First, it may represent an outcome of superiority in local…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Social Cognition, Bias
Strategies for Conducting Research on Language in Autism
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Tager-Flusberg, Helen – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2004
Several different methodological approaches that have been used in studying language in children with autism are outlined. In classic studies, children with autism are compared to comparison groups typically matched on age, IQ, or mental age in order to identify which aspects of language are uniquely impaired in autism. Several methodological…
Descriptors: Language Research, Research Methodology, Autism, Children