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Executive Function Deficits in Non-Retarded Autistic Children

Bih-Ching Shu

National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan

For-Wey Lung

Military Kaohsiung General Hospital, Taiwan

Allen Y. Tien

Johns Hopkins University and University of West Virginia, USA

Bor-Chih Chen

National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan

The purpose of this study was to examine differences between Taiwanese children with autism and their typically developing peers on the Wisconsin Card Sorting Test (WCST). Twenty-six children with autism of normal IQ were included, and matched for chronological age with 52 controls. The WCST scores of the typically developing children were significantly higher for categories completed and percent conceptual level than in the autism group. Scores on perseverative responses, perseverative errors, the number of trials to complete the first category and non-perseverative errors were significantly higher in the autism group. The implications of these findings are discussed.

Key Words: autism • executive function • Wisconsin Card Sorting Test (WCST)

Autism, Vol. 5, No. 2, 165-174 (2001)
DOI: 10.1177/1362361301005002006
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