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South, Mikle; Ozonoff, Sally; McMahon, William M. – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2007
This study examined the relationship between everyday repetitive behavior (primary symptoms of autism) and performance on neuropsychological tests of executive function and central coherence (secondary symptoms). It was hypothesized that the frequency and intensity of repetitive behavior would be positively correlated with laboratory measures of…
Descriptors: Autism, Behavior Patterns, Cognitive Ability, Cognitive Processes
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Bolte, Sven; Poustka, Fritz – Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 2006
Background: The objective of this study was to investigate the tendency for local processing style ("weak central coherence") and executive dysfunction in parents of subjects with an autism spectrum disorder (ASD) compared with parents of individuals with early onset schizophrenia (EOS) and mental retardation (MR). Method: Sixty-two…
Descriptors: Mental Retardation, Schizophrenia, Autism, Genetics