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Abstract reasoning in autism: A disassociation between concept formation and concept identification.

Minshew, Nancy J., Meyer, Jessica, Goldstein, Gerald·2002·Neuropsychology
DOI 10.1037/0894-4105.16.3.327
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The concept identification and concept formation aspects of abstract reasoning were examined in 90 nonmentally retarded individuals with autism and 107 normal controls. It was hypothesized that pronounced deficits would be found on concept formation tests, whereas performance on concept identification tests would be relatively intact. There was a significant difference between individuals with autism and individuals from a matched control group on all abstract reasoning tasks, but, with the exception of the Wisconsin Card Sorting Test (R. K. Heaton et al., 1993), differences on concept identification tests were not clinically significant. Factor analyses showed that concept formation and concept identification tasks loaded on separate factors in the autism group but not in the control group. Stepwise discriminant function analyses revealed that 2 tests of concept formation correctly classified 78.4% of cases, whereas concept identification tasks did not pass the tolerance test.

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  • Recent WCST studies demonstrate deficits in changing sorting strategy across autism subtypes, ages, and cognitive levels.

    “Recent studies using this measure in autism also demonstrate deficits in changing sorting strategy across populations of various autism subtypes, ages and cognitive levels ([9,13–22], but see Ref. [23]).”

    From The paradox of cognitive flexibility in autism (2009) · cites this paper as [17]

  • Four studies reported TMT difficulties in participants with autism.

    “By contrast, four studies reported that participants with autism did have difficulties with this task [8,15–17]”

    From The paradox of cognitive flexibility in autism (2009) · cites this paper as [17]

  • Studies using the Trail Making Test report mixed conclusions.

    “Studies using another clinical neuropsychological measure, the trail making test (TMT), report mixed conclusions [8,9,15–17,29].”

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Authors
Minshew, N. J., Meyer, J., & Goldstein, G.
Affiliations
University of Pittsburgh (US)
ORCID
Venue
Neuropsychology
Publisher
American Psychological Association (APA)
Published
2002
Volume
16
Issue
3
Pages
327-334
ISSN
  • 0894-4105 (ISSN-L)
  • 1931-1559
DOI
10.1037/0894-4105.16.3.327
OpenAlex
W2080240018
Cited by
222
References
39
Citations by year
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Type
conference abstract
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Neuropsychology (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders
  • National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NS33355)
  • Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (HD35469)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Autism Spectrum Disorder Research
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Child and Animal Learning Development
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology › Developmental and Educational Neuropsychology
Keywords
autism spectrum disorder, abstract thinking, concept formation, concept identification, cognitive impairment, Wisconsin Card Sorting Test
MeSH terms
Adult, Autistic Disorder, Cognition Disorders, Concept Formation, Factor Analysis, Statistical, Humans, Severity of Illness Index, Trail Making Test, Wechsler Scales, Discriminant Analysis

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