| Title |
The Weak Coherence Account: Detail-focused Cognitive Style in Autism Spectrum Disorders
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, February 2006
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| DOI | 10.1007/s10803-005-0039-0 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Francesca Happé, Uta Frith |
| Abstract |
"Weak central coherence" refers to the detail-focused processing style proposed to characterise autism spectrum disorders (ASD). The original suggestion of a core deficit in central processing resulting in failure to extract global form/meaning, has been challenged in three ways. First, it may represent an outcome of superiority in local processing. Second, it may be a processing bias, rather than deficit. Third, weak coherence may occur alongside, rather than explain, deficits in social cognition. A review of over 50 empirical studies of coherence suggests robust findings of local bias in ASD, with mixed findings regarding weak global processing. Local bias appears not to be a mere side-effect of executive dysfunction, and may be independent of theory of mind deficits. Possible computational and neural models are discussed. |
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| Members of the public | 3 | 50% |
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| Student > Doctoral Student | 171 | 8% |
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| Unknown | 338 | 16% |
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| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 82 | 4% |
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