Drawing firmer conclusions: autistic children show no evidence of a local processing bias in a controlled copying task

Drawing tasks are frequently used to test competing theories of visuospatial skills in autism. Yet, methodological differences between studies have led to inconsistent findings. To distinguish between accounts based on local bias or global deficit, we present a simple task that has previously reveal...

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Main Authors: Smith, Alastair D., Kenny, Lorcan, Rudnicka, Anna, Briscoe, Josie, Pellicano, Elizabeth
Format: Article
Published: Springer 2016
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Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/35824/