Further Understanding of Complex Information Processing in Verbal Adolescents and Adults with Autism Spectrum Disorders

Autor/inn/en	Williams, Diane L.; Minshew, Nancy J.; Goldstein, Gerald
Titel	Further Understanding of Complex Information Processing in Verbal Adolescents and Adults with Autism Spectrum Disorders
Quelle	In: Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 19 (2015) 7, S.859-867 (9 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1362-3613
DOI	10.1177/1362361315586171
Schlagwörter	Autism; Pervasive Developmental Disorders; Late Adolescents; Adults; Cognitive Processes; Neurological Organization; Socioeconomic Status; Gender Differences; Intelligence Quotient; Intelligence Tests; Diagnostic Tests; Observation; Comparative Analysis; Control Groups; Experimental Groups; Effect Size; Cognitive Tests; Neurological Impairments; Factor Analysis; Pennsylvania; Continuous Performance Test; Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule; Trail Making Test; Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale; Wide Range Achievement Test; Wisconsin Card Sorting Test; Woodcock Reading Mastery Test + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Autismus; Halbstarker; Cognitive process; Kognitiver Prozess; Socio-economic status; Sozioökonomischer Status; Geschlechterkonflikt; Intelligenzquotient; Intelligence test; Intelligenztest; Diagnostic test; Diagnostischer Test; Beobachtung; Kognitiver Fähigkeitstest; Neurodegenerative Erkrankung; Faktorenanalyse
Abstract	More than 20?years ago, Minshew and colleagues proposed the Complex Information Processing model of autism in which the impairment is characterized as a generalized deficit involving multiple modalities and cognitive domains that depend on distributed cortical systems responsible for higher order abilities. Subsequent behavioral work revealed a related dissociation between concept formation and concept identification in autism suggesting the lack of an underlying organizational structure to manage increases in processing loads. The results of a recent study supported the impact of this relative weakness in conceptual reasoning on adaptive functioning in children and adults with autism. In this study, we provide further evidence of the difficulty relatively able older adolescents and adults with autism have with conceptual reasoning and provide evidence that this characterizes their difference from age- and ability-matched controls with typical development better than their differences in language. For verbal adults with autism, language may serve as a bootstrap or compensatory mechanism for learning but cannot overcome an inherent weakness in concept formation that makes information processing challenging as task demands increase. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01