| Title |
Brief Report: Atypical Social Cognition and Social Behaviours in Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Different Way of Processing Rather than an Impairment
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, August 2008
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| DOI | 10.1007/s10803-008-0559-5 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Kate O’Connor, Ian Kirk |
| Abstract |
A central question to autism research is whether autism is largely the result of an impairment in social cognition and/or motivation or the result of a more general processing difference. This review discusses problems with the "social deficit" model of autism spectrum disorder (ASD). It is suggested that superior attention to low-level perceptual information potentially coupled with decreased attention to global information may provide a more comprehensive explanation for atypical social behaviours in ASD. This processing style may reflect increased activation of occipital-temporal regions and reduced functional (and possibly anatomical) connectivity. It is concluded that atypical social behaviours in ASD are more likely to be a consequence reflective of a general processing difference than impairment in social cognition and/or motivation. |
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| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 1 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
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| Scientists | 1 | 100% |
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| Country | Count | As % |
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| United States | 7 | 4% |
| France | 2 | 1% |
| Ireland | 1 | <1% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 150 | 93% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
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| Student > Ph. D. Student | 40 | 25% |
| Researcher | 25 | 16% |
| Student > Bachelor | 19 | 12% |
| Student > Master | 18 | 11% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 13 | 8% |
| Other | 25 | 16% |
| Unknown | 21 | 13% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
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| Psychology | 85 | 53% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 12 | 7% |
| Social Sciences | 11 | 7% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 10 | 6% |
| Neuroscience | 10 | 6% |
| Other | 9 | 6% |
| Unknown | 24 | 15% |
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