Dorsal stream/magnocellular pathway, thought to.Right Hemisphere traditional role in integrative.WCC findings not a function of EF problems in ASD.Impulsive errors on a Go-NoGo task do not.Performance of ASD and ADHD groups, relative to Test ADHD group shows inhibitory problems.inhibitory failure in sentence completion EF interpretations of CC findings are possible.Executive Functions (EF) ability to maintain aĬontext-appropriate set for attainment of future.Performance of ASD group and matched controls, Significant main effect of gender (F(1,191) Results of Typical Development study of SentenceĪge effects 8-10 11-13 gt 17-25 Correlation Weak to strong coherence? Both extremes haveĬosts and benefits? Possible sex differences? Recall A continuum of cognitive style from Record number of local completions that areĬoherence-strong e.g. leads to assets as well as difficulties.

People with autism process details well atĮxpense of global configuration and meaning.Meaning, often at the expense of surface form Tendency to integrate information in context for Central coherence (CC) refers to normal.Current deficit accounts (ToM, EF) cant explainĭrawings by Nadia, a 3-year-old with severe.jigsaw puzzle and other spatial skills.

But people with autism also show superior.

ToM and EF deficits may explain problems in.

The puzzle of superior performance in autism Restricted/ Repetitive Behaviours Interests Problems generating, planning, monitoring? Problems recognising thoughts and feelings? The triad No single cognitive explanation Ronald, Happé Plomin (2005) Devl Science (in

Parent report (Childhood Asperger Syndrome Test.

Ngt3400 twin pairs (born Jan94-Aug95, includes.

Restricted Repetitive Behaviours InterestsĮxploring the coherence of the triad general

The central coherence account genetic and neural.

Autism spectrum disorders time to give up on a.

Francesca Happé, Institute of Psychiatry, Kings.

Title: Central Coherence: DetailFocused Cognitive Style in ASDĬentral Coherence Detail-Focused Cognitive