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dc.contributor.authorSchendan, Haline
dc.date.accessioned2012-10-23T16:21:46Z
dc.date.available2012-10-23T16:21:46Z
dc.date.issued1992
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10026.1/1204
dc.descriptionpeer-reviewed publication
dc.description.abstract

In this paper, it is hypothesized that many of the behavioral abnormalities found in autistic persons result from deficits in fundamental cognitive abilities. Memory and attention are the most likely candidates. The memory deficit may be primarily one of retrieval, possibly exacerbated by an encoding deficit. However, both types of memory deficit are probably the result of a primary deficit in attention. This is supported by the observation that the autistic memory deficit resembles that following frontal lobe, rather than mediotemporal lobe, damage. This and other evidence is used to draw a parallel between autism and frontal lobe syndrome. In light of this analogy, how a primary deficit in the fundamental cognitive ability of attention may be responsible for the more secondary autistic deficits in memory and more advanced forms of cognition, such as language acquisition, symbol manipulation, rule extraction, and social interaction, is explored.

dc.format.extent1110-1115
dc.language.isoen
dc.titleAttention, Memory, and Concepts in Autism
dc.typeconference
plymouth.conference-nameCognitive Science Society
plymouth.journalProceedings of the Cognitive Science Society
plymouth.organisational-group/Plymouth
plymouth.organisational-group/Plymouth/Faculty of Health
plymouth.organisational-group/Plymouth/Faculty of Health/School of Psychology
plymouth.organisational-group/Plymouth/REF 2021 Researchers by UoA
plymouth.organisational-group/Plymouth/REF 2021 Researchers by UoA/UoA04 Psychology, Psychiatry and Neuroscience
plymouth.organisational-group/Plymouth/Research Groups
plymouth.organisational-group/Plymouth/Research Groups/Centre for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour (CBCB)
plymouth.organisational-group/Plymouth/Research Groups/Centre for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour (CBCB)/Brain
dc.publisher.placeBloomington, Indiana
dcterms.dateAccepted1992-01-01
dc.rights.embargoperiodNot known
rioxxterms.licenseref.urihttp://www.rioxx.net/licenses/all-rights-reserved
rioxxterms.typeConference Paper/Proceeding/Abstract


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