An examination of perseverative errors and cognitive flexibility in autism.

Perseveration is a well-replicated finding in autism. The aim of this study was to examine how the context of the task influences performance with respect to this phenomenon. We randomly assigned 137 children aged 6-12 with and without autism to complete a modified card-sorting task under one of two...

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Published in:	PLoS ONE
Main Authors:	Oriane Landry, Peter Mitchell
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2021-01-01
Online Access:	https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0223160&type=printable

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