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Reactive and Proactive Interference Control in Adults with Autism Spectrum Disorder across the Lifespan
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Lever, Anne G.; Ridderinkhof, K. Richard; Marsman, Maarten; Geurts, Hilde M. – Developmental Psychology, 2017
As a large heterogeneity is observed across studies on interference control in autism spectrum disorder (ASD), research may benefit from the use of a cognitive framework that models specific processes underlying reactive and proactive control of interference. Reactive control refers to the expression and suppression of responses and proactive…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Responses, Self Control
Spontaneous Initiation of Communication in Infants at Low and Heightened Risk for Autism Spectrum Disorders
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Winder, Breanna M.; Wozniak, Robert H.; Parladé, Meaghan V.; Iverson, Jana M. – Developmental Psychology, 2013
Communication spontaneously initiated by infants at heightened risk (HR; n = 15) for autism spectrum disorders (ASD) is compared with that in low-risk (LR; n = 15) infants at 13 and 18 months of age. Infants were observed longitudinally during naturalistic in-home interaction and semistructured play with caregivers. At both ages, HR infants…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Infants, At Risk Persons, Autism
Individual Differences in Executive Function and Central Coherence Predict Developmental Changes in Theory of Mind in Autism
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Pellicano, Elizabeth – Developmental Psychology, 2010
There is strong evidence to suggest that individuals with autism show atypicalities in multiple cognitive domains, including theory of mind (ToM), executive function (EF), and central coherence (CC). In this study, the longitudinal relationships among these 3 aspects of cognition in autism were investigated. Thirty-seven cognitively able children…
Descriptors: Rhetoric, Autism, Nonverbal Ability, Cognitive Development
Modeling Longitudinal Change in the Language Abilities of Children with Autism: Parent Behaviors and Child Characteristics as Predictors of Change
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Siller, Michael; Sigman, Marian – Developmental Psychology, 2008
The objective of the current study was to evaluate the patterns of longitudinal change in the language abilities of 28 children with autism during early and middle childhood. Results from fitting a series of multilevel models showed that children's rate of language growth was independently predicted by (a) children's responsiveness to others' bids…
Descriptors: Mental Age, Autism, Language Acquisition, Longitudinal Studies
Imagining the Outcome of Pretend Transformations: Assessing the Competence of Normal Children and Children with Autism.
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Kavanaugh, Robert, D.; Harris, Paul L. – Developmental Psychology, 1994
Studied children's grasp of make-believe transformations they had seen enacted. Children indicated the pretend outcome by choosing a picture depicting no change or a picture depicting the pretend change. Older children chose correctly, even with the addition of a picture of an irrelevant transformation, but younger children did not. Autistic…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Age Differences, Autism, Cognitive Development
Linking Theory of Mind and Central Coherence Bias in Autism and in the General Population.
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Jarrold, Christopher; Butler, David W.; Cottington, Emily M.; Jimenez, Flora – Developmental Psychology, 2000
Three experiments investigated whether theory-of-mind deficits and weak central coherence might be functionally related. Found that theory-of-mind performance was inversely related to a measure of central coherence bias in the general population. Poor theory-of-mind performance was linked to weak central coherence among children with typical…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Autism, Beliefs, Bias