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Block design reconstruction skills: not a good candidate for an endophenotypic marker in autism research.

European child & adolescent psychiatry - 1 Apr 2009

de Jonge Maretha, Kemner Chantal, Naber Fabienne, van Engeland Herman

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Superior performance on block design tasks is reported in autistic individuals, although it is not consistently found in high-functioning individuals or individuals with Asperger Syndrome. It is assumed to reflect weak central coherence: an underlying cognitive deficit, which might also be part of the genetic makeup of the disorder. We assessed block design reconstruction skills in high-functioning individuals...

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PMID: 19219649
DOI: 10.1007/s00787-008-0708-6

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