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Taylor, Lauren J.; Maybery, Murray T.; Grayndler, Luke; Whitehouse, Andrew J. O. – International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 2015
Background: While autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and specific language impairment (SLI) have traditionally been conceptualized as distinct disorders, recent findings indicate that the boundaries between these two conditions are not clear-cut. While considerable research has investigated overlap in the linguistic characteristics of ASD and SLI,…
Descriptors: Autism, Language Impairments, Recognition (Psychology), Human Body
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Almeida, Renita A.; Dickinson, J. Edwin; Maybery, Murray T.; Badcock, Johanna C.; Badcock, David R. – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2013
Relative to low scorers, high scorers on the Autism-Spectrum Quotient (AQ) show enhanced performance on the Embedded Figures Test and the Radial Frequency search task (RFST), which has been attributed to both enhanced local processing and differences in combining global percepts. We investigate the role of local and global processing further using…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Eye Movements, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Visual Perception
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Grinter, Emma J.; Maybery, Murray T.; Van Beek, Pia L.; Pellicano, Elizabeth; Badcock, Johanna C.; Badcock, David R. – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2009
The current research investigated, firstly, whether individuals with high levels of mild autistic-like traits display a similar profile of embedded figures test (EFT) and global motion performance to that seen in autism. Secondly, whether differences in EFT performance are related to enhanced local processing or reduced global processing in the…
Descriptors: Autism, Motion, Visual Measures, Visual Perception