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Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

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01-09-2007 | Original Paper

Temporal Cognition in Children with Autistic Spectrum Disorders: Tests of Diachronic Thinking

Auteurs: Jill Boucher, Francisco Pons, Sophie Lind, David Williams

Gepubliceerd in: Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders | Uitgave 8/2007

Abstract

Impaired diachronic thinking—(the propensity and capacity to think about events spreading across time)—was demonstrated in a 2-Phase study in which children with autism were compared with age and ability matched controls. Identical tests of diachronic thinking were administered in both phases of the study, but to different participant groups, with the same results. The marked impairments shown are therefore robust. Various non-temporal explanations of the findings were eliminated by the results of control tasks in Phase 2. Diachronic thinking did not correlate with verbal or non-verbal ability, age, or mentalising ability, consistent with other evidence of the specificity of diachronic thinking ability. Possible causes of impaired diachronic thinking in autism are discussed.

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Titel: Temporal Cognition in Children with Autistic Spectrum Disorders: Tests of Diachronic Thinking
Auteurs: Jill Boucher
Francisco Pons
Sophie Lind
David Williams
Publicatiedatum: 01-09-2007
Uitgeverij: Springer US
Gepubliceerd in: Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders / Uitgave 8/2007
Print ISSN: 0162-3257
Elektronisch ISSN: 1573-3432
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-006-0285-9

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