Abstract Analogical Reasoning in High-Functioning Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders / Adam E. GREEN in Autism Research, 7-6 (December 2014)  

Public ISBD [article]  inAutism Research > 7-6 (December 2014) . - p.677-686 Titre : Abstract Analogical Reasoning in High-Functioning Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders Type de document : Texte imprimé et/ou numérique Auteurs : Adam E. GREEN, Auteur ; Lauren KENWORTHY, Auteur ; Maya G. MOSNER, Auteur ; Natalie M. GALLAGHER, Auteur ; Edward W. FEARON, Auteur ; Carlos D. BALHANA, Auteur ; Benjamin E. YERYS, Auteur Article en page(s) : p.677-686 Langues : Anglais (eng) Mots-clés : autism spectrum disorders  analogical reasoning  development  social cognition Index. décimale : PER Périodiques Résumé : Children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) exhibit a deficit in spontaneously recognizing abstract similarities that are crucial for generalizing learning to new situations. This may contribute to deficits in the development of appropriate schemas for navigating novel situations, including social interactions. Analogical reasoning is the central cognitive mechanism that enables typically developing children to understand abstract similarities between different situations. Intriguingly, studies of high-functioning children with ASD point to a relative cognitive strength in basic, nonabstract forms of analogical reasoning. If this analogical reasoning ability extends to abstract analogical reasoning (i.e., between superficially dissimilar situations), it may provide a bridge between a cognitive capability and core ASD deficits in areas such as generalization and categorization. This study tested whether preserved analogical reasoning abilities in ASD can be extended to abstract analogical reasoning, using photographs of real-world items and situations. Abstractness of the analogies was determined via a quantitative measure of semantic distance derived from latent semantic analysis. Children with ASD performed as well as typically developing children at identifying abstract analogical similarities when explicitly instructed to apply analogical reasoning. Individual differences in abstract analogical reasoning ability predicted individual differences in a measure of social function in the ASD group. Preliminary analyses indicated that children with ASD, but not typically developing children, showed an effect of age on abstract analogical reasoning. These results provide new evidence that children with ASD are capable of identifying abstract similarities through analogical reasoning, pointing to abstract analogical reasoning as a potential lever for improving generalization skills and social function in ASD. En ligne : http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/aur.1411 Permalink : https://www.cra-rhone-alpes.org/cid/opac_css/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=256 [article] Abstract Analogical Reasoning in High-Functioning Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders [Texte imprimé et/ou numérique] / Adam E. GREEN, Auteur ; Lauren KENWORTHY, Auteur ; Maya G. MOSNER, Auteur ; Natalie M. GALLAGHER, Auteur ; Edward W. FEARON, Auteur ; Carlos D. BALHANA, Auteur ; Benjamin E. YERYS, Auteur . - p.677-686. Langues : Anglais (eng) in Autism Research > 7-6 (December 2014) . - p.677-686 Mots-clés : autism spectrum disorders  analogical reasoning  development  social cognition Index. décimale : PER Périodiques Résumé : Children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) exhibit a deficit in spontaneously recognizing abstract similarities that are crucial for generalizing learning to new situations. This may contribute to deficits in the development of appropriate schemas for navigating novel situations, including social interactions. Analogical reasoning is the central cognitive mechanism that enables typically developing children to understand abstract similarities between different situations. Intriguingly, studies of high-functioning children with ASD point to a relative cognitive strength in basic, nonabstract forms of analogical reasoning. If this analogical reasoning ability extends to abstract analogical reasoning (i.e., between superficially dissimilar situations), it may provide a bridge between a cognitive capability and core ASD deficits in areas such as generalization and categorization. This study tested whether preserved analogical reasoning abilities in ASD can be extended to abstract analogical reasoning, using photographs of real-world items and situations. Abstractness of the analogies was determined via a quantitative measure of semantic distance derived from latent semantic analysis. Children with ASD performed as well as typically developing children at identifying abstract analogical similarities when explicitly instructed to apply analogical reasoning. Individual differences in abstract analogical reasoning ability predicted individual differences in a measure of social function in the ASD group. Preliminary analyses indicated that children with ASD, but not typically developing children, showed an effect of age on abstract analogical reasoning. These results provide new evidence that children with ASD are capable of identifying abstract similarities through analogical reasoning, pointing to abstract analogical reasoning as a potential lever for improving generalization skills and social function in ASD. En ligne : http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/aur.1411 Permalink : https://www.cra-rhone-alpes.org/cid/opac_css/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=256

Social analogical reasoning in school-aged children with autism spectrum disorder and typically developing peers / Adam E. GREEN in Autism, 21-4 (May 2017)  

Public ISBD [article]  inAutism > 21-4 (May 2017) . - p.403-411 Titre : Social analogical reasoning in school-aged children with autism spectrum disorder and typically developing peers Type de document : Texte imprimé et/ou numérique Auteurs : Adam E. GREEN, Auteur ; Lauren KENWORTHY, Auteur ; Natalie M GALLAGHER, Auteur ; Ligia ANTEZANA, Auteur ; Maya G MOSNER, Auteur ; Samantha KRIEG, Auteur ; Katherina DUDLEY, Auteur ; Allison B. RATTO, Auteur ; Benjamin E YERYS, Auteur Article en page(s) : p.403-411 Langues : Anglais (eng) Mots-clés : analogy  autism spectrum disorder  development  social cognition Index. décimale : PER Périodiques Résumé : Analogical reasoning is an important mechanism for social cognition in typically developing children, and recent evidence suggests that some forms of analogical reasoning may be preserved in autism spectrum disorder. An unanswered question is whether children with autism spectrum disorder can apply analogical reasoning to social information. In all, 92 children with autism spectrum disorder completed a social content analogical reasoning task presented via photographs of real-world social interactions. Autism spectrum disorder participants exhibited performance that was well above chance and was not significantly worse than age- and intelligence quotient–matched typically developing children. Investigating the relationship of social content analogical reasoning performance to age in this cross-sectional dataset indicated similar developmental trajectories in the autism spectrum disorder and typically developing children groups. These findings provide new support for intact analogical reasoning in autism spectrum disorder and have theoretical implications for analogy as a metacognitive skill that may be at least partially dissociable from general deficits in processing social content. As an initial study of social analogical reasoning in children with autism spectrum disorder, this study focused on a basic research question with limited ecological validity. Evidence that children with autism spectrum disorder can apply analogical reasoning ability to social content may have long-range applied implications for exploring how this capacity might be channeled to improve social cognition in daily life. En ligne : http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1362361316644728 Permalink : https://www.cra-rhone-alpes.org/cid/opac_css/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=305 [article] Social analogical reasoning in school-aged children with autism spectrum disorder and typically developing peers [Texte imprimé et/ou numérique] / Adam E. GREEN, Auteur ; Lauren KENWORTHY, Auteur ; Natalie M GALLAGHER, Auteur ; Ligia ANTEZANA, Auteur ; Maya G MOSNER, Auteur ; Samantha KRIEG, Auteur ; Katherina DUDLEY, Auteur ; Allison B. RATTO, Auteur ; Benjamin E YERYS, Auteur . - p.403-411. Langues : Anglais (eng) in Autism > 21-4 (May 2017) . - p.403-411 Mots-clés : analogy  autism spectrum disorder  development  social cognition Index. décimale : PER Périodiques Résumé : Analogical reasoning is an important mechanism for social cognition in typically developing children, and recent evidence suggests that some forms of analogical reasoning may be preserved in autism spectrum disorder. An unanswered question is whether children with autism spectrum disorder can apply analogical reasoning to social information. In all, 92 children with autism spectrum disorder completed a social content analogical reasoning task presented via photographs of real-world social interactions. Autism spectrum disorder participants exhibited performance that was well above chance and was not significantly worse than age- and intelligence quotient–matched typically developing children. Investigating the relationship of social content analogical reasoning performance to age in this cross-sectional dataset indicated similar developmental trajectories in the autism spectrum disorder and typically developing children groups. These findings provide new support for intact analogical reasoning in autism spectrum disorder and have theoretical implications for analogy as a metacognitive skill that may be at least partially dissociable from general deficits in processing social content. As an initial study of social analogical reasoning in children with autism spectrum disorder, this study focused on a basic research question with limited ecological validity. Evidence that children with autism spectrum disorder can apply analogical reasoning ability to social content may have long-range applied implications for exploring how this capacity might be channeled to improve social cognition in daily life. En ligne : http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1362361316644728 Permalink : https://www.cra-rhone-alpes.org/cid/opac_css/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=305

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