ERIC Number: EJ855113
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2009
Pages: 16
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Reference Count: 36
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ISSN: ISSN-1362-3613
Set-Shifting in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders: Reversal Shifting Deficits on the Intradimensional/Extradimensional Shift Test Correlate with Repetitive Behaviors
Yerys, Benjamin E.; Wallace, Gregory L.; Harrison, Bryan; Celano, Mark J.; Giedd, Jay N.; Kenworthy, Lauren E.
Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, v13 n5 p523-538 2009
Research examining set-shifting has revealed significant difficulties for adults with autism spectrum disorders (ASDs). However, research with high-functioning children with ASDs has yielded mixed results. The current study tested 6- to 13-year-old high-functioning children with ASD and typically developing controls matched on age, gender, and IQ using the Intradimensional/Extradimensional (ID/ED) Shift Test from the Cambridge Neuropsychological Test Automated Battery. Children with ASDs completed as many ED shifts and reversal ED shifts as controls; however, they made significantly more errors than controls while completing the ED reversal shifts. Analyses on a subset of cases revealed a significant positive correlation between ED reversal errors and the number of repetitive behavior symptoms in the ASD group. These findings suggest that high-functioning children with ASDs require additional feedback to shift successfully. In addition, the relationship between set-shifting and non-social symptoms suggests its utility as a potentially informative intermediate phenotype in ASDs. (Contains 3 figures and 3 tables.)
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Autism, Correlation, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Antisocial Behavior, Children, Early Adolescents, Comparative Analysis, Psychological Patterns, Symptoms (Individual Disorders)
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