The paradox of cognitive flexibility in autism
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Based on recent studies at multiple sites, using diverse methods and participants of different autism subtypes, ages and cognitive levels, no consistent evidence for cognitive flexibility deficits was found.About:
This article is published in Trends in Cognitive Sciences.The article was published on 2009-02-01 and is currently open access. It has received 412 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Flexibility (personality) & Cognitive flexibility.read more
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Precise minds in uncertain worlds: Predictive coding in autism.
Sander Van de Cruys,Kris Evers,Ruth Van der Hallen,Lien Van Eylen,Bart Boets,Lee de-Wit,Johan Wagemans +6 more
TL;DR: It is argued that deficits in executive functioning, theory of mind, and central coherence can all be understood as the consequence of a core deficit in the flexibility with which people with autism spectrum disorder can process violations to their expectations.
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Abnormal behavior in a chromosome-engineered mouse model for human 15q11-13 duplication seen in autism
Jin Nakatani,Kota Tamada,Kota Tamada,Fumiyuki Hatanaka,Fumiyuki Hatanaka,Satoko Ise,Hisashi Ohta,Kiyoshi Inoue,Shozo Tomonaga,Yasuhito Watanabe,Yasuhito Watanabe,Yeun Jun Chung,Ruby Banerjee,Kazuya Iwamoto,Tadafumi Kato,Makoto Okazawa,Kenta Yamauchi,Koichi Tanda,Keizo Takao,Keizo Takao,Tsuyoshi Miyakawa,Tsuyoshi Miyakawa,Allan Bradley,Toru Takumi,Toru Takumi,Toru Takumi +25 more
TL;DR: This chromosome-engineered mouse model for autism seems to replicate various aspects of human autistic phenotypes and validates the relevance of the human chromosome abnormality.
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A review on cognitive and brain endophenotypes that may be common in autism spectrum disorder and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder and facilitate the search for pleiotropic genes
TL;DR: The hitherto rather separate research fields of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) are brought together, and by contrasting and combining findings of the endophenotypes of ASD and ADHD new insights can be gained into the etiology and pathophysiology of these two disorders.
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Atypical Attentional Networks and the Emergence of Autism
TL;DR: A hypothesis is proposed that links aberrant attentional mechanisms, specifically impaired disengagement of attention, with the emergence of core ASD symptoms.
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Exploring the nature of cognitive flexibility.
TL;DR: In this article, a unified account of cognitive flexibility is proposed, which considers cognitive flexibility as a property of the cognitive system, rather than a cognitive skill, and proposes a unified framework for modeling cognitive flexibility.
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