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Brief Report: The Relationship between Visual Acuity, the Embedded Figures Test and Systemizing in Autism Spectrum Disorders
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Brosnan, Mark J.; Gwilliam, Lucy R.; Walker, Ian – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2012
Enhanced performance upon the Embedded Figures Test (EFT) in individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) has informed psychological theories of the non-social aspects that characterise ASD. The Extreme Male Brain theory of autism proposes that enhanced visual acuity underpins greater attention to detail (assessed by the EFT) which is a…
Descriptors: Autism, Control Groups, Visual Acuity, Pervasive Developmental Disorders