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Peer reviewedCarpentieri, Sarah C.; Morgan, Sam B. – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 1994
Comparison of area and subtest scores on the Stanford Binet Intelligence Scale (Fourth Edition) for 15 autistic retarded children and 15 nonautistic retarded children found that the children with autism scored substantially lower in the verbal reasoning area and on the subtests of Comprehension and Absurdities than did the nonautistic children.…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Autism, Children, Cognitive Processes
Peer reviewedTager-Flusberg, Helen – Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 1985
Describes three experiments that tested autistic children's nonverbal and verbal categorization abilities. Concludes that autistic children do not suffer a specific cognitive deficit in ability to categorize and form abstract concepts. (HOD)
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Autism, Classification, Cognitive Ability
Peer reviewedCarpentieri, Sarah; Morgan, Sam B. – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 1996
This study examined the relationship between adaptive functioning and intellectual functioning in 18 children with autism and mental retardation and 20 children with mental retardation. The children with autism showed significantly more impairment in adaptive behavior composite scores, verbal reasoning abilities, socialization skills, and…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Adaptive Behavior (of Disabled), Autism, Children
