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Peer reviewedYirmiya, Nurit; And Others – Child Development, 1992
Examined empathy and conservation abilities of nonretarded children with autism and compared their performance to that of normally developing children. Autistic children performed surprising well, but not as well as normal children. There was a closer association between cognitive abilities and affective understanding among the autistic children…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Affective Behavior, Autism, Cognitive Ability
Peer reviewedEvans, David W.; Gray, F. Lee – Child Development, 2000
Examined the nature of repetitive, ritualistic, and compulsive-like behaviors in typically developing and children and individuals with Down Syndrome (DS), matched on mental age (MA). Found that that both groups showed similar MA-related changes in compulsive-like behaviors. Younger children showed more compulsive-like behaviors than older.…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Adolescent Behavior, Adolescents, Age Differences
