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Dillen, Claudia; Steyaert, Jean; Op de Beeck, Hans P.; Boets, Bart – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2015
The embedded figures test has often been used to reveal weak central coherence in individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Here, we administered a more standardized automated version of the embedded figures test in combination with the configural superiority task, to investigate the effect of contextual modulation on local feature…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Adolescents, Comparative Analysis
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White, Sarah J.; Saldana, David – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2011
The Embedded Figures Test assesses weak central coherence and individuals with autism are commonly assumed to perform superiorly; however, the evidence for this claim is somewhat mixed. Here, two large (N = 45 and 62) samples of high-functioning children (6-16 years) with autism spectrum disorder performed similarly to typically-developing…
Descriptors: Reaction Time, Autism, Children, Adolescents