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Amitta Shah, Uta Frith (1983). AN ISLET OF ABILITY IN AUTISTIC CHILDREN: A RESEARCH NOTE. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 24(4), 613-620. Wiley.

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Amitta Shah, Uta Frith (1993). Why Do Autistic Individuals Show Superior Performance on the Block Design Task?. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 34(8), 1351-1364. Wiley.

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Amitta Shah, Uta Frith (1983). AN ISLET OF ABILITY IN AUTISTIC CHILDREN: A RESEARCH NOTE. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 24(4), 613-620. Wiley.

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7 Dec 2006
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10.1111/j.1469-7610.1983.tb00137.x
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Amitta Shah, Uta Frith
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Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry
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24(4), 613-620
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Wiley
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SUMMARY An aspect of cognitive functioning in autistic children was investigated by comparing their performance on the Children's Embedded Figures Test with that of MA‐matched normal and MA‐and CA‐matched mentally retarded non‐autistic children. The autistic children were significantly more competent at this task than either group of control children, and also showed qualitatively different strategies. Since the performance of the autistic children was better than predicted from MA and commensurate with CA, it can be regarded as an islet of ability. This finding is discussed in terms of orientation and visualization factors involved in visuo‐spatial abilities and is also related to cognitive deficit.

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Amitta Shah, Uta Frith (1993). Why Do Autistic Individuals Show Superior Performance on the Block Design Task?. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 34(8), 1351-1364. Wiley.

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7 Dec 2006
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10.1111/j.1469-7610.1993.tb02095.x
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Amitta Shah, Uta Frith
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Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry
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34(8), 1351-1364
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Wiley
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Abstract— Systematic variations of the block design task were given to 20 autistic, 33 normal and 12 mildly retarded subjects Designs were contrasted which were either “whole” or segmented, rotated or un rotated, and which did or did not contain obliques. Only segmentation, but neither of the spatial orientation factors, revealed a significant group difference. Autistic subjects, regardless of age and ability, performed better than controls when presented with un segmented designs. This result suggests that they need less of the normally required effort to segment a gestalt, and thus supports the hypothesis of weak central coherence as a characteristic of information processing in autism.

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