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Thinking in Pictures as a Cognitive Account of Autism

Auteurs: Maithilee Kunda, Ashok K. Goel

Gepubliceerd in: Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders | Uitgave 9/2011

Abstract

We analyze the hypothesis that some individuals on the autism spectrum may use visual mental representations and processes to perform certain tasks that typically developing individuals perform verbally. We present a framework for interpreting empirical evidence related to this “Thinking in Pictures” hypothesis and then provide comprehensive reviews of data from several different cognitive tasks, including the n-back task, serial recall, dual task studies, Raven’s Progressive Matrices, semantic processing, false belief tasks, visual search, spatial recall, and visual recall. We also discuss the relationships between the Thinking in Pictures hypothesis and other cognitive theories of autism including Mindblindness, Executive Dysfunction, Weak Central Coherence, and Enhanced Perceptual Functioning.

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See Appendix 1. Surveyed studies include Koshino et al. (2005, 2008), Ozonoff and Strayer (2001), and Williams et al. (2005).

See Appendix 2. Surveyed studies include Ameli et al. (1988), Bennetto et al. (1996), Joseph et al. (2005), Minshew and Goldstein (2001), Minshew et al. (1992, 1997), O’Connor and Hermelin (1967), Ozonoff and Strayer (2001), Russell et al. (1996), Whitehouse et al. (2006), and Williams et al. (2005, 2006, 2008).

See Appendix 3. Surveyed studies include Jarrold et al. (2005), Keehn et al. (2008), O’Riordan (2000, 2004), O’Riordan and Plaisted (2001), O’Riordan et al. (2001), and Plaisted et al. (1998).

See Appendix 4. Surveyed studies include Caron et al. (2004); Edgin and Pennington (2005), Luna et al. (2002), Minshew and Goldstein (2001), Minshew et al. (1992, 1997, 1999), Morris et al. (1999), Steele et al. (2007), Verté et al. (2005), Verté et al. (2006), and Williams et al. (2005, 2006).

See Appendix 5. Surveyed studies include Ambery et al. (2006), Ameli et al. (1988), Gunter et al. (2002), Minshew and Goldstein (2001), Minshew et al. (1992, 1997), Ropar and Mitchell (2001), Verté et al. (2005), Verté et al. (2006), and Williams et al. (2006).

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Titel: Thinking in Pictures as a Cognitive Account of Autism
Auteurs: Maithilee Kunda
Ashok K. Goel
Publicatiedatum: 01-09-2011
Uitgeverij: Springer US
Gepubliceerd in: Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders / Uitgave 9/2011
Print ISSN: 0162-3257
Elektronisch ISSN: 1573-3432
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-010-1137-1

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Realistic Drawing Talent in Typical Adults is Associated with the Same Kind of Local Processing Bias Found in Individuals with ASD

Emotion Perception in Music in High-Functioning Adolescents With Autism Spectrum Disorders

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