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Poljac, Edita; Poljac, Ervin; Yeung, Nick – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2012
Impairments in cognitive control generating deviant adaptive cognition have been proposed to account for the strong preference for repetitive behavior in autism. We examined if this preference reflects intentional deficits rather than problems in task execution in the broader autism phenotype using the Autism-Spectrum Quotient (AQ). Participants…
Descriptors: Autism, Behavior Patterns, Symptoms (Individual Disorders), Cognitive Processes
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Bodfish, James W.; Symons, Frank J.; Parker, Dawn E.; Lewis, Mark H. – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2000
A study compared specific repetitive behaviors in 32 adults with autism with 34 controls with mental retardation. The occurrence of each behavior category, except dyskinesias, was higher in individuals with autism and they showed a greater number of topographies of stereotypy and compulsions. Repetitive behavior severity also predicated autism…
Descriptors: Adults, Autism, Behavior Disorders, Behavior Patterns