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Thinking in Pictures as a Cognitive Account of Autism

Kunda, Maithilee, Goel, Ashok K.·2011·Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

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We analyze the hypothesis that some individuals on the autism spectrum may use visual mental representations and processes to perform certain tasks that typically developing individuals perform verbally. We present a framework for interpreting empirical evidence related to this "Thinking in Pictures" hypothesis and then provide comprehensive reviews of data from several different cognitive tasks, including the n-back task, serial recall, dual task studies, Raven's Progressive Matrices, semantic processing, false belief tasks, visual search, spatial recall, and visual recall. We also discuss the relationships between the Thinking in Pictures hypothesis and other cognitive theories of autism including Mindblindness, Executive Dysfunction, Weak Central Coherence, and Enhanced Perceptual Functioning.

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Authors: Kunda, M., & Goel, A. K.
Affiliations: Georgia Institute of Technology (US)
Corresponding author: Kunda, Maithilee
ORCID: Goel, Ashok K.
Venue: Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Published: 2010-11-20
Volume: 41
Issue: 9
Pages: 1157-1177
ISSN: 0162-3257 (ISSN-L)
1573-3432
DOI: 10.1007/s10803-010-1137-1
OpenAlex: W1997532272
Cited by: 114
References: 163
Citations by year: 2026: 6 · 2025: 8 · 2024: 12 · 2023: 6 · 2022: 6 · 2021: 6 · 2020: 9 · 2019: 4 · 2018: 6 · 2017: 11 · 2016: 11 · 2015: 6 · 2014: 8 · 2013: 5 · 2012: 7
FWCI: 0.35
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: closed
Licence: www.springer.com/tdm (tdm)
Locations: Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders (publishedVersion)
PubMed (publishedVersion)
SMARTech Repository (Georgia Institute of Technology) (submittedVersion)
Funders: Georgia Institute of Technology
Emory University
National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate
Office of Naval Research
Topics: Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Autism Spectrum Disorder Research
Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Child and Animal Learning Development
Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Developmental Neuroscience › Williams Syndrome Research
Keywords: autism spectrum disorder, n-back task, serial recall, dual-task performance, Raven's Progressive Matrices, semantic processing, false belief tasks, visual search, spatial recall, visual recall, mindblindness, executive dysfunction, weak central coherence
MeSH terms: Autistic Disorder, Child, Cognition, Humans, Imagination, Neuropsychological Tests, Pattern Recognition, Visual, Photic Stimulation, Thinking, Verbal Behavior

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