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| − | The Theory of Weak Coherence as it applies to ASD suggests that people with ASD preferentially use a detail-focused processing style over a more global, integrative processing style that predominates as a person ages. This bias toward detail-focused processing can be seen through open-ended tasks which require strong attention to detail, where the ASD research group participants perform significantly better than the typically developing control group. ASD patients, however, still are able to globally process stimuli as seen in selective attention tasks where participants are explicitly told to pay attention to global information. | + | Central Coherence refers to a person's ability to understand things in a specific context. <sup>1</sup>The Theory of Weak Coherence as it applies to ASD suggests that people with ASD preferentially use a detail-focused processing style over a more global, integrative processing style that predominates as a person ages. This bias toward detail-focused processing can be seen through open-ended tasks which require strong attention to detail, where the ASD research group participants perform significantly better than the typically developing control group. ASD patients, however, still are able to globally process stimuli as seen in selective attention tasks where participants are explicitly told to pay attention to global information. |
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Revision as of 11:43, 24 April 2009
Weak Coherence and ASD
Description
- History
- Theory
Central Coherence refers to a person's ability to understand things in a specific context. 1The Theory of Weak Coherence as it applies to ASD suggests that people with ASD preferentially use a detail-focused processing style over a more global, integrative processing style that predominates as a person ages. This bias toward detail-focused processing can be seen through open-ended tasks which require strong attention to detail, where the ASD research group participants perform significantly better than the typically developing control group. ASD patients, however, still are able to globally process stimuli as seen in selective attention tasks where participants are explicitly told to pay attention to global information.
