Two Intact Executive Capacities in Children with Autism: Implications for the Core Executive Dysfunctions in the Disorder

Two studies examined executive functions in children with autism. Results indicated that subjects performed like normally developing children when either no arbitrary and novel rules were involved or the output was verbal. Results support the hypothesis that these children are challenged by executiv...

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Published in:Journal of autism and developmental disorders Vol. 29; no. 2; pp. 103 - 112
Main Authors: Russell, James, Jarrold, Christopher, Hood, Bruce
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Heidelberg Springer 01.04.1999
Springer Nature B.V
Subjects:
Adolescent
Arbitrariness
Autism
Autistic children
Autistic Disorder - complications
Autistic Disorder - psychology
Biological and medical sciences
Capacity
Child
Child clinical studies
Children
Cognition - classification
Cognitive Development
Developmental disorders
Executive function
Executive Function (Cognition)
Female
Humans
Infantile autism
Learning Disorders - diagnosis
Learning Disorders - etiology
Learning Disorders - psychology
Male
Medical sciences
Memory - classification
Metacognition
Nonverbal Learning
Novels
Problem Solving - classification
Problem Solving - physiology
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychopathology. Psychiatry
Research subjects
Verbal Learning
Human
Learning
Autism
Executive function
School age
Adolescent
Information processing
Developmental disorder
Cognition
Experimental study
Child
Preadolescent
ISSN:0162-3257, 1573-3432
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Summary:Two studies examined executive functions in children with autism. Results indicated that subjects performed like normally developing children when either no arbitrary and novel rules were involved or the output was verbal. Results support the hypothesis that these children are challenged by executive tasks because they are unlikely to encode rules in verbal form. (Author/DB)
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ISSN:0162-3257
1573-3432
DOI:10.1023/A:1023084425406