Detail and Gestalt Focus in Individuals with Optimal Outcomes from Autism Spectrum Disorders / Allison FITCH in Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 45-6 (June 2015)  

Public ISBD [article]  inJournal of Autism and Developmental Disorders > 45-6 (June 2015) . - p.1887-1896 Titre : Detail and Gestalt Focus in Individuals with Optimal Outcomes from Autism Spectrum Disorders Type de document : Texte imprimé et/ou numérique Auteurs : Allison FITCH, Auteur ; Deborah A. FEIN, Auteur ; Inge-Marie EIGSTI, Auteur Article en page(s) : p.1887-1896 Langues : Anglais (eng) Mots-clés : Pragmatic language  Global/local bias  Weak central coherence  Optimal outcomes  Executive function Index. décimale : PER Périodiques Résumé : Individuals with high-functioning autism (HFA) have a cognitive style that privileges local over global or gestalt details. While not a core symptom of autism, individuals with HFA seem to reliably show this bias. Our lab has been studying a sample of children who have overcome their early ASD diagnoses, showing “optimal outcomes” (OO). This study characterizes performance by OO, HFA, and typically developing (TD) adolescents as they describe paintings under cognitive load. Analyses of detail focus in painting descriptions indicated that the HFA group displayed significantly more local focus than both OO and TD groups, while the OO and TD groups did not differ. We discuss implications for the centrality of detail focus to the autism diagnosis. En ligne : http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10803-014-2347-8 Permalink : https://www.cra-rhone-alpes.org/cid/opac_css/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=259 [article] Detail and Gestalt Focus in Individuals with Optimal Outcomes from Autism Spectrum Disorders [Texte imprimé et/ou numérique] / Allison FITCH, Auteur ; Deborah A. FEIN, Auteur ; Inge-Marie EIGSTI, Auteur . - p.1887-1896. Langues : Anglais (eng) in Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders > 45-6 (June 2015) . - p.1887-1896 Mots-clés : Pragmatic language  Global/local bias  Weak central coherence  Optimal outcomes  Executive function Index. décimale : PER Périodiques Résumé : Individuals with high-functioning autism (HFA) have a cognitive style that privileges local over global or gestalt details. While not a core symptom of autism, individuals with HFA seem to reliably show this bias. Our lab has been studying a sample of children who have overcome their early ASD diagnoses, showing “optimal outcomes” (OO). This study characterizes performance by OO, HFA, and typically developing (TD) adolescents as they describe paintings under cognitive load. Analyses of detail focus in painting descriptions indicated that the HFA group displayed significantly more local focus than both OO and TD groups, while the OO and TD groups did not differ. We discuss implications for the centrality of detail focus to the autism diagnosis. En ligne : http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10803-014-2347-8 Permalink : https://www.cra-rhone-alpes.org/cid/opac_css/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=259

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