The Relationship Between Subthreshold Autistic Traits, Ambiguous Figure Perception and Divergent Thinking.

This research investigates the paradox of creativity in autism. That is, whether people with subclinical autistic traits have cognitive styles conducive to creativity or whether they are disadvantaged by the implied cognitive and behavioural rigidity of the autism phenotype. The relationship between...

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Publicado en:Journal of Autism & Developmental Disorders Vol. 45; no. 12; pp. 4064 - 4074
Autores principales: Best, Catherine, Arora, Shruti, Porter, Fiona, Doherty, Martin
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Publicado: Springer Nature Dec2015
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