The weak coherence account: detail-focused cognitive style in autism spectrum disorders.

'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 repre...

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Publicado en:Journal of Autism & Developmental Disorders Vol. 36; no. 1; pp. 5 - 26
Autores principales: Happe F, Frith U
Formato: review tables/charts Journal Article
Publicado: Springer Nature Feb2006
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        affil: Social, Genetic and Developmental Psychiatry Centre, Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London, De Crespigny Park, Denmark Hill, P.O. Box P080, SE5 8AF, London, UK.; f.happe@iop.kcl.ac.uk
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          Autism Spectrum Disorder Epidemiology
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      ab: '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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