Department of Special Education, Faculty of Education, University of Haifa, Mount Carmel, 31905, Haifa, Israel.
J Autism Dev Disord. 2018 Mar;48(3):824-833. doi: 10.1007/s10803-017-3376-x.
Analogical reasoning was investigated among children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) without intellectual disabilities and typical development (TD). Children were asked to select one of two targets in two conditions: (1) with and without spatial structure similarity; (2) with and without a perceptual distractor. Results demonstrate that children with ASD were able to select targets based on structural similarity, but this ability decreased to chance level when presented with a perceptual distractor. Everyday executive functions were positively correlated with structural selections among children with ASD. Results suggest that although children with ASD were able to select based on systematicity principle, perceptual distractor decreased their selection so that their cognitive system produced less structure similarities, that negatively affects spatial analogical reasoning.
对自闭症谱系障碍（ASD）但无智力障碍的儿童与典型发育（TD）的儿童进行类比推理研究。在两种情况下，要求儿童选择两个目标中的一个：（1）有和没有空间结构相似性；（2）有和没有感知干扰。结果表明，ASD 儿童能够根据结构相似性选择目标，但当呈现感知干扰时，这种能力下降到随机水平。日常执行功能与 ASD 儿童的结构选择呈正相关。结果表明，尽管 ASD 儿童能够根据系统性原则进行选择，但感知干扰会降低他们的选择，从而导致他们的认知系统产生较少的结构相似性，这会对空间类比推理产生负面影响。
