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When Less Is More: Poor Discrimination but Good Colour Memory in Autism
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Heaton, Pamela; Ludlow, Amanda; Roberson, Debi – Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders, 2008
In two experiments children with autism and two groups of controls matched for either chronological or non-verbal mental age were tested on tasks of colour discrimination and memory. The results from experiment 1 showed significantly poorer colour discrimination in children with autism in comparison to typically developing chronological age…
Descriptors: Autism, Memory, Visual Discrimination, Color
Colored Overlays Enhance Visual Perceptual Performance in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders
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Ludlow, A. K.; Wilkins, A. J.; Heaton, P. – Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders, 2008
Children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD), together with controls matched for age and ability participated in three experiments that assessed the therapeutic benefit of colored overlays. The findings from the first experiment showed that a significantly greater proportion of children with ASD, than controls, increased reading speed when using…
Descriptors: Autism, Reading Rate, Therapy, Color