DISTURBANCES OF CENTRAL COHERENCE: A CASE STUDY
Journal Title: Acta Neuropsychologica - Year 2008, Vol 6, Issue 1
Abstract
This paper presents the case of an autistic boy, who dislayed serious deficiencies in the ability to integrate pieces of information into a coherent whole, which would support the Weak Central Coherence (WCC) theory of autism. During the course of therapy the boy acquired some skills needed to integrate details, but he still began his drawings with one of the peripheral elements rather than a central shape. The paper is illustrated with the boy's drawings. A significant improvement in his performance on the Bender-Koppitz and ROCF tests was also noted. Moreover, the boy acquired the ability create cartoons on a specific topic. He was not able, however, to reconstruct the sequence of events in a story read to him, despite the fact that he proved to be capable of relating individual events after being asked about them.
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Katarzyna Markiewicz
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