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Booth, Rhonda; Happe, Francesca – Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 2010
A local processing bias, referred to as "weak central coherence," has been postulated to underlie key aspects of autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Little research has examined whether individual differences in this cognitive style can be found in typical development, independent of intelligence, and how local processing relates to executive control.…
Descriptors: Autism, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Cognitive Style, Individual Differences