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Central coherence deficit autism1/2/2024 Some studies showed that children with ASD and healthy controls had no differences in terms of cognitive flexibility ( Happé et al., 2006). However, there is a lack of research in current literature on cognitive flexibility in ASD and the results of the few studies are conflicting. Inflexible adherence to specific routines, resistance to change, difficulty in transitions between different locations or events or circumscribed interests and inordinate preoccupation with particular objects or activities have commonly been observed in individuals with ASD ( Baron-Cohen et al., 2013 Carrozza and Fabio, 2020 Fabio, 2012 Fabio et al., 2011). It has been shown that flexibility deficits in ASD are related to repetitive behaviors in ASD. Cognitive flexibility refers to the ability to shift to different thoughts or actions depending on situational demands ( Van Eylen et al., 2011). This aspect characterizes the lack of interest in faces thus impairing their facial processing skills so that children with ASD do not become “face experts” like their typically developing peers ( Dawson et al., 2005).Ĭhildren with ASD also show deficits in cognitive flexibility ( Russell, 1997). It is unclear if the reduced orienting to faces is the result or the cause of the theory of mind deficit ( Baron-Cohen et al., 2013 Dawson et al., 2010). Children with ASD may also not find others’ facial expressions intrinsically rewarding. They show deficits in face recognition ( Weigelt et al., 2013). As seen above, children with ASD process faces differently and show reduced attention to faces and facial expressions ( Dawson et al., 2004b Klin et al., 2002). With reference to the social impairment of subjects with ASD, looking at the face holds particular significance and provides information, which is important for communication and survival. Individuals on the autism spectrum tend to be more, sometimes overly, focused on details this can often be at the expense of understanding the actual meaning or appreciating the nature of a situation or context ( Happe and Frith, 2006). The most known explanation is a deficit in theory of mind, that is the ability to represent mental states of oneself and others to understand behaviors ( Castelli et al., 2013 Frye et al., 1995 Kaland et al., 2007 Leo et al., 2019 Marchetti et al., 2020).Īnother explanation is the weak central coherence hypothesis. Research has demonstrated that children with ASD show an atypical processing of emotions, in particular in recognition, interpretation and expression of emotions. The ability to discern emotions from facial expressions is essential to join in social interaction, and the reverse may be true as well: social interaction, by increasing one’s experience with expressive faces, may be necessary for the typical development of facial emotion recognition. They also show impairments in facial emotion recognition ( APA, 2013). Many individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) are characterized by impairments in social interaction such as difficulty in forming friendships and a lack of understanding emotions and feelings of others ( Kaland et al., 2007). The full terms of this licence may be seen at Anyone may reproduce, distribute, translate and create derivative works of this article (for both commercial and non-commercial purposes), subject to full attribution to the original publication and authors. This article is published under the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0) licence. Copyright © 2020, Rosa Angela Fabio, Sonia Esposito, Cristina Carrozza, Gaetana Pino and Tindara Caprì.
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