Overly literal interpretations of speech in autism: understanding that messages arise from minds

Article Abstract:

Autistic children and children with Down's syndrome watched a scene which involved someone putting two similar items in different places then requesting the item, naming its original location, without knowing that somebody had switched locations of the two items. The children then had to state which item the person wanted, and which item had originally been placed in one of the locations. The autistic children generally understood that the items had been switched, but still interpreted the question literally more frequently than the children with Down's syndrome.

Cognition, Down syndrome, Autistic children

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Susceptibility to illusions and performance on visuospatial tasks in individuals with autism

Article Abstract:

This article examines visuospatial task performance and susceptibility to optical illusions in individuals with autism and Asperger's syndrome. Findings indicate that autistic individuals demonstrated improved performance on visuospatial tasks when compared to individuals with Asperger's syndrome and control subjects but task performance was not associated with illusion susceptibility.

United Kingdom, Psychological aspects, Statistical Data Included, Visual perception, Optical illusions, Space perception

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Are individuals with autism and Asperger's syndrome susceptible to visual illusions?

Article Abstract:

Research has supported Happe's findings, which concluded that individuals with autism are not prone to illusions as a result of 'weak central coherence' at lower levels. The study included those with Asperger's syndrome, autism, and moderate learning difficulties and it concluded that lower-level coherence in visual processing continues to be intact in cases of autism.

Hallucinations and illusions, Hallucinations

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