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Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

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01-11-2006 | Original Paper

Fragmented Visuospatial Processing in Children with Pervasive Developmental Disorder

Auteurs: Wim A. J. M. Schlooz, Wouter Hulstijn, Pieter J. A. van den Broek, Angela C. A. M. van der Pijll, Fons Gabreëls, Rutger J. van der Gaag, Jan J. Rotteveel

Gepubliceerd in: Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders | Uitgave 8/2006

Abstract

Children diagnosed with Pervasive Developmental Disorder Not Otherwise Specified (PDD-NOS) and Asperger Syndrome (AS) may be characterised by a similar perceptual focus on details as children with autistic disorder (AD). This was tested by analysing their performance in a visuoperceptual task [the Children’s Embedded Figure Test (CEFT)] and a graphic reproduction task [the Rey Complex Figure Task (Rey CFT)]. Control groups were children with Tourette Syndrome (TS) and typically developing children. The TS sample performed similarly to the normal control group in both tasks. The CEFT results did not show the expected preference for local processing in children with PDD-NOS. However, the Rey CFT data revealed that the children with this lesser variant of PDD processed visuospatial information in a fragmented way and were deficient in global processing.

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Titel: Fragmented Visuospatial Processing in Children with Pervasive Developmental Disorder
Auteurs: Wim A. J. M. Schlooz
Wouter Hulstijn
Pieter J. A. van den Broek
Angela C. A. M. van der Pijll
Fons Gabreëls
Rutger J. van der Gaag
Jan J. Rotteveel
Publicatiedatum: 01-11-2006
Uitgeverij: Kluwer Academic Publishers-Plenum Publishers
Gepubliceerd in: Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders / Uitgave 8/2006
Print ISSN: 0162-3257
Elektronisch ISSN: 1573-3432
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-006-0140-z

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