Investigating Cognitive Flexibility in Preschool Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder
The current study investigated cognitive flexibility in preschool children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and those with typical development using the Reverse Categorization (RC) task and the Dimensional Change Card Sort (DCCS) task. We further examined the relationship between non-verbal menta...
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| description | The current study investigated cognitive flexibility in preschool children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and those with typical development using the Reverse Categorization (RC) task and the Dimensional Change Card Sort (DCCS) task. We further examined the relationship between non-verbal mental age (NVMA) and the performance on the two tasks. While no significant difference in performance on the RC task between the two groups was found, significantly more children in the typical developing group passed the DCCS task than children in the ASD group. NVMA was found to correlate with performance in both tasks in the typical developing group but not in the ASD group. When the children were matched on NVMA, no differences in task performance between the two groups were found. The current study found the disparity in performance in two groups on the RC and the DCCS tasks, hence illuminating the importance related to the selection of tasks when studying cognitive flexibility in preschool children with ASD. The study also cast some light on the involvement of NVMA in the performance on the RC and DCCS tasks. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-b43af92023fd449c8f94ab969f1a7f712022-12-21T18:38:43ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Psychology1664-10782021-10-011210.3389/fpsyg.2021.737631737631Investigating Cognitive Flexibility in Preschool Children With Autism Spectrum DisorderOleg Zacharov0Rene Jürgen Huster1Anett Kaale2Anett Kaale3Department of Special Needs Education, University of Oslo, Oslo, NorwayDepartment of Psychology, University of Oslo, Oslo, NorwayDepartment of Special Needs Education, University of Oslo, Oslo, NorwayNorwegian Center of Expertise for Neurodevelopmental Disorders and Hypersomnias, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, NorwayThe current study investigated cognitive flexibility in preschool children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and those with typical development using the Reverse Categorization (RC) task and the Dimensional Change Card Sort (DCCS) task. We further examined the relationship between non-verbal mental age (NVMA) and the performance on the two tasks. While no significant difference in performance on the RC task between the two groups was found, significantly more children in the typical developing group passed the DCCS task than children in the ASD group. NVMA was found to correlate with performance in both tasks in the typical developing group but not in the ASD group. When the children were matched on NVMA, no differences in task performance between the two groups were found. The current study found the disparity in performance in two groups on the RC and the DCCS tasks, hence illuminating the importance related to the selection of tasks when studying cognitive flexibility in preschool children with ASD. The study also cast some light on the involvement of NVMA in the performance on the RC and DCCS tasks.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.737631/fullcognitive flexibilitypreschool childrenAutism Spectrum Disordertypical developmentnon-verbal mental age |
| spellingShingle | Oleg Zacharov Rene Jürgen Huster Anett Kaale Anett Kaale Investigating Cognitive Flexibility in Preschool Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder Frontiers in Psychology cognitive flexibility preschool children Autism Spectrum Disorder typical development non-verbal mental age |
| title | Investigating Cognitive Flexibility in Preschool Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder |
| title_full | Investigating Cognitive Flexibility in Preschool Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder |
| title_fullStr | Investigating Cognitive Flexibility in Preschool Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder |
| title_full_unstemmed | Investigating Cognitive Flexibility in Preschool Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder |
| title_short | Investigating Cognitive Flexibility in Preschool Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder |
| title_sort | investigating cognitive flexibility in preschool children with autism spectrum disorder |
| topic | cognitive flexibility preschool children Autism Spectrum Disorder typical development non-verbal mental age |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.737631/full |
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