Wing L
J Autism Dev Disord. 1981 Mar;11(1):31-44. doi: 10.1007/BF01531339.
An epidemiological study is outlined that shows that Kanner's syndrome is one group among a wider range of children, all with impairment of social interaction, communication, and imagination. Most, but not all, children with this triad of impairments are severely mentally retarded, although severe retardation also occurs in those who are sociable and communicative. It is hypothesized that the socially impaired lack certain abilities that are inborn in normal children and the sociable mentally retarded: namely, the capacity to produce and monitor the normal species-specific preverbal sounds, the drive to explore the environment and form concepts to explain experiences, and the ability to recognize that other human beings are of special interest and importance. A possible neurological basis for these problems is briefly considered.
一项流行病学研究概述表明，坎纳综合征是范围更广的一类儿童中的一组，所有这些儿童都存在社交互动、沟通和想象力受损的情况。患有这三种损伤的儿童大多数（但并非全部）有严重智力障碍，不过严重智力障碍也出现在那些善于社交和沟通的儿童中。据推测，社交受损的儿童缺乏正常儿童和善于社交的智力迟钝儿童所固有的某些能力，即发出和监测正常的特定物种的非语言声音的能力、探索环境并形成概念以解释经历的动力，以及认识到其他人类具有特殊兴趣和重要性的能力。文中简要考虑了这些问题可能的神经学基础。
