Relationship between weak central coherence and mental states understanding in children with Autism and in children with ADHD.

The central coherence involves the processes of perceptual coding and attention mechanisms, highly deficient in children with ADHD (Booth & Happé, 2010). According to this theory, also children with autism are overly focused on details to the expense of a global perspective, and this negativ...

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Main Authors: Pina Filippello, Flavia Marino, Patrizia Oliva
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Messina 2013-05-01
Series:Mediterranean Journal of Clinical Psychology
Online Access:http://cab.unime.it/journals/index.php/MJCP/article/view/888