Superiority on the Embedded Figures Test in autism and in normal males: Evidence of an "innate talent"?

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作者
Baron-Cohen, S
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[1] Univ Cambridge, Dept Expt Psychol, Cambridge CB2 3EB, England
[2] Univ Cambridge, Dept Psychiat, Cambridge CB2 3EB, England
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10.1017/S0140525X98231232
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B84 [心理学];
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04 ; 0402 ;
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Howe ct al. suggest that most talents can be explained in terms of practice and other environmental effects, and only exceptionally by innate factors. This commentary provides nn illustration of one such exception: performance on the Embedded Figures Test by people with autism and their relatives.
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