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- Title
The Development of Core Cognitive Skills in Autism: A 3-Year Prospective Study.
- Authors
Pellicano, Elizabeth
- Abstract
This longitudinal study tested the veracity of one candidate multiple-deficits account of autism by assessing 37 children with autism ( M age = 67.9 months) and 31 typical children ( M age = 65.2 months) on tasks tapping components of theory of mind (ToM), executive function (EF), and central coherence (CC) at intake and again 3 years later. As a group, children with autism showed poor false-belief attribution, planning ability, and set-shifting, together with enhanced local processing at both time points. At an individual level, however, the profile was far from universal at either intake or follow-up. Moreover, autistic children demonstrated significant changes over time in ToM and EF, but not CC, over the 3-year period. The challenges these findings pose for a multiple-deficits account are discussed.
- Subjects
AUTISM research; AUTISTIC children; PHILOSOPHY of mind in children; EXECUTIVE function; MENTAL health; LONGITUDINAL method
- Publication
Child Development, 2010, Vol 81, Issue 5, p1400
- ISSN
0009-3920
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1467-8624.2010.01481.x