tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-530548799681444324.post7386059609438304961..comments2023-10-07T11:03:10.202-05:00Comments on Autist's Corner: Cognitive Sex Differences within Autism - Part ILindsayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10860246538349067232noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-530548799681444324.post-69770049889947874092012-12-10T15:12:35.889-06:002012-12-10T15:12:35.889-06:00@Ettina - oh, that's a really good point. I ha...@Ettina - oh, that's a really good point. I had made note that VIQ > PIQ here because that struck me as unusual, since in most of the cognitive-psych studies of autistic people I've come across the opposite is true. But I didn't make the connection with different cognitive profiles --> different abilities.<br /><br />So, thanks for that insight!Lindsayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10860246538349067232noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-530548799681444324.post-24245411480284288582012-12-09T07:11:22.366-06:002012-12-09T07:11:22.366-06:00"(This is not surprising given that all of th..."(This is not surprising given that all of the participants are described as "high-functioning," having average-to-above-average IQs (about 115, plus or minus about 15 points) with verbal IQ greater than or equal to performance IQ)."<br /><br />"But the most surprising thing, for me, was their results on the Embedded Figures Test. This is a pretty solidly defined Thing Autistic People Are Really Good At, yet in this study, where there was a difference between autistic and non-autistic groups, it was the non-autistic people who found the hidden shape faster. (That was also true for the men and not for the women)."<br /><br />That's because, although it's *claimed* that all autistics are good at these detail-oriented visuospatial tasks, in reality only autistics with PIQ > VIQ show strengths on those tasks. In particular, if VIQ is significantly greater than PIQ, they usually show *difficulty* with this sort of thing, because that's the nonverbal learning disability profile.Ettinahttp://abnormaldiversity.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-530548799681444324.post-50763889304590813772012-10-30T16:24:35.623-05:002012-10-30T16:24:35.623-05:00@John S. Wilkins - both, really. The article says ...@John S. Wilkins - both, really. The article says this study included people who had diagnoses of either Asperger's or Autistic Disorder, and who met cutoff criteria on two autism screening measures, the Autism Diagnostic Interview (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autism_Diagnostic_Interview-Revised" rel="nofollow">ADI-R</a>) and Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ADOS" rel="nofollow">ADOS</a>).Lindsayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10860246538349067232noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-530548799681444324.post-854663378717923022012-10-30T00:11:24.203-05:002012-10-30T00:11:24.203-05:00Are we talking about autistic or Aspergers?Are we talking about autistic or Aspergers?John S. Wilkinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04417266986565803683noreply@blogger.com