Support for a Link Between the Local Processing Bias and Social Deficits in Autism: An Investigation of Embedded Figures Test Performance in Non-Clinical Individuals

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作者
Russell-Smith, Suzanna N. [1 ]
Maybery, Murray T. [1 ]
Bayliss, Donna M. [1 ]
Sng, Adelln A. H. [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Western Australia, Sch Psychol, Neurocognit Dev Unit, Perth, WA 6009, Australia
关键词
Autism; Local-global processing; Embedded figures; Social deficits; Attention-to-detail; WEAK CENTRAL COHERENCE; SPECTRUM QUOTIENT AQ; HIGH-FUNCTIONING ADULTS; COGNITIVE PHENOTYPE; ASPERGER-SYNDROME; GENERAL-POPULATION; REPETITIVE BEHAVIORS; EXECUTIVE CONTROL; CHILDREN; TRAITS;
D O I
10.1007/s10803-012-1506-z
中图分类号
B844 [发展心理学(人类心理学)];
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040202 ;
摘要
The aim of this investigation was to explore the degree to which specific subsets of autistic-like traits relate to performance on the Embedded Figures Test (Witkin et al. in A manual for the embedded figures test. Consulting Psychologists Press, Palo Alto, CA, 1971). In the first group-based investigation with this focus, students were selected for their extreme scores (either high or low) on each of the 'Social Skills' and 'Details/Patterns' factors of the Autism Spectrum Quotient (Baron-Cohen et al. in J Austim Dev Disord 31:5-17, 2001). The resulting 2 x 2 factorial design permitted examination of the degree to which the social and non-social autistic-like traits separately relate to EFT performance. Surprisingly, in two studies, superior EFT performance was found to relate only to greater social difficulty, suggesting that the local processing bias in autism may be linked specifically to the social deficits.
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