Pellicano, E;
(2010)
Investigating the development of core cognitive skills in autism: a 3-year prospective study.
Child Development
, 81
(5)
pp. 1400-1416.
10.1111/j.1467-8624.2010.01481.x.
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Abstract
This longitudinal study tested the veracity of one candidate multiple-deficits account of autism by assessing 37 children with autism (M age = 67.9 months) and 31 typical children (M age = 65.2 months) on tasks tapping components of theory of mind (ToM), executive function (EF), and central coherence (CC) at intake and again 3 years later. As a group, children with autism showed poor false-belief attribution, planning ability, and set-shifting, together with enhanced local processing at both time points. At an individual level, however, the profile was far from universal at either intake or follow-up. Moreover, autistic children demonstrated significant changes over time in ToM and EF, but not CC, over the 3-year period. The challenges these findings pose for a multiple-deficits account are discussed.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Investigating the development of core cognitive skills in autism: a 3-year prospective study |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1111/j.1467-8624.2010.01481.x |
| Publisher version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8624.2010.01481.x |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: Pellicano, E; (2010) Investigating the development of core cognitive skills in autism: a 3-year prospective study. Child Development, 81 (5) pp. 1400-1416, which has been published in final form at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8624.2010.01481.x. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Self-Archiving (http://olabout.wiley.com/WileyCDA/Section/id-820227.html#terms). |
| Keywords: | autism, longitudinal, development, cognition, theory of mind, executive function, central coherence |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education > IOE - Social Research Institute |
| URI: | https://discovery-pp.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1475270 |
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