Drawing Firmer Conclusions: Autistic Children Show No Evidence of a Local Processing Bias in a Controlled Copying Task

Autor/inn/en	Smith, Alastair D.; Kenny, Lorcan; Rudnicka, Anna; Briscoe, Josie; Pellicano, Elizabeth
Titel	Drawing Firmer Conclusions: Autistic Children Show No Evidence of a Local Processing Bias in a Controlled Copying Task
Quelle	In: Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 46 (2016) 11, S.3481-3492 (12 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Smith, Alastair D.)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0162-3257
DOI	10.1007/s10803-016-2889-z
Schlagwörter	Bias; Children; Autism; Pervasive Developmental Disorders; Spatial Ability; Freehand Drawing; Foreign Countries; Clinical Diagnosis; Diagnostic Tests; Observation; Asperger Syndrome; Intelligence Tests; Stimuli; Statistical Analysis; Regression (Statistics); Cues; Adolescents; United Kingdom; Raven Progressive Matrices; Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule; Childrens Embedded Figures Test + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Child; Kind; Kinder; Autismus; Räumliches Vorstellungsvermögen; Drawing; Zeichnen; Ausland; Diagnostic test; Diagnostischer Test; Beobachtung; Asperger-Syndrom; Intelligence test; Intelligenztest; Anreizsystem; Statistische Analyse; Regression; Regressionsanalyse; Stichwort; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Großbritannien
Abstract	Drawing tasks are frequently used to test competing theories of visuospatial skills in autism. Yet, methodological differences between studies have led to inconsistent findings. To distinguish between accounts based on local bias or global deficit, we present a simple task that has previously revealed dissociable local/global impairments in neuropsychological patients. Autistic and typical children copied corner elements, arranged in a square configuration. Grouping cues were manipulated to test whether global properties affected the accuracy of reproduction. All children were similarly affected by these manipulations. There was no group difference in the reproduction of local elements, although global accuracy was negatively related to better local processing for autistic children. These data speak against influential theories of visuospatial differences in autism. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01