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CONDITIONAL MATCHING LEARNING SET PERFORMANCE IN AUTISTIC CHILDREN
Author(s) -
Prior Margot R.
Publication year - 1977
Publication title -
journal of child psychology and psychiatry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.652
H-Index - 211
eISSN - 1469-7610
pISSN - 0021-9630
DOI - 10.1111/j.1469-7610.1977.tb00428.x
Subject(s) - psychology , task (project management) , set (abstract data type) , matching (statistics) , autism , cognition , cognitive psychology , developmental psychology , computer science , neuroscience , statistics , mathematics , management , economics , programming language
SUMMARY The performance of a group of autistic children in a conditional matching learning set task was shown to be significantly inferior to that of groups of normal and retarded children matched for mental age. This task involves the use of conditional cues for correct solution of the problems and it is suggested that autistic children suffer from a particular cognitive deficit which is exposed in their inability in this task to make use of symbolic information.