1. Managing Complexity: Impact of Organization and Processing Style on Nonverbal Memory in Autism Spectrum Disorders.
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Tsatsanis, Katherine D., Noens, Ilse L. J., Illmann, Cornelia L., Pauls, David L., Volkmar, Fred R., Schultz, Robert T., and Klin, Ami
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AUTISM ,ANALYSIS of covariance ,ANALYSIS of variance ,CHI-squared test ,STATISTICAL correlation ,HUMAN information processing ,INTERVIEWING ,RESEARCH methodology ,MEMORY ,STATISTICS ,U-statistics ,DATA analysis ,MULTIPLE regression analysis - Abstract
The contributions of cognitive style and organization to processing and recalling a complex novel stimulus were examined by comparing the Rey Osterrieth Complex Figure (ROCF) test performance of children, adolescents, and adults with ASD to clinical controls (CC) and non-impaired controls (NC) using the Developmental Scoring System. The ROCF task involves a complex structure with strong organizational or integrative processing demands. The individuals with ASD relied on a predominantly part-oriented strategy to cope with the complexity of the task and did not make the typical developmental shift to a configurational approach. Both processing style and organization (whether pieces of information were perceived as connected to one another in a meaningful way) contributed to structural recall in the ASD group. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2011
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