Ropar Danielle, Peebles David
School of Psychology, University of Nottingham, University Park, Nottingham, NG7 2RD, UK.
J Autism Dev Disord. 2007 Feb;37(2):270-80. doi: 10.1007/s10803-006-0166-2.
The current study investigates preference to sort objects on the basis of either concrete or abstract features in children with and without autism. Participants were asked to sort a set of books into two groups that could be differentiated according to concrete (color, size) or abstract criteria (category membership: sports/games). The results showed that those with autism, unlike controls, were significantly more likely to sort according to a concrete criterion. In a further phase of testing, those with autism still did not sort according to abstract criteria, even when this was the only basis for sorting systematically. The findings are interpreted as evidence for a preference in autism to process concrete over abstract features of stimuli.
当前研究调查了患有和未患自闭症的儿童基于具体或抽象特征对物体进行分类的偏好。参与者被要求将一组书籍分成两组，这两组可以根据具体标准（颜色、大小）或抽象标准（类别归属：体育/游戏）进行区分。结果显示，与对照组不同，患有自闭症的儿童更有可能根据具体标准进行分类。在进一步的测试阶段，患有自闭症的儿童仍然没有根据抽象标准进行分类，即使这是系统分类的唯一依据。这些发现被解释为自闭症患者更倾向于处理刺激的具体特征而非抽象特征的证据。
