"Adults With Autism Show Deficits in Social, Nonsocial Cognitive Areas" – Savannah Demko
Compared with neurotypical adults, those with autism spectrum disorder showed greater impairments in not only social cognitive domains, but also nonsocial cognitive areas, according to study findings. The results, published in JAMA Psychiatry, revealed adults with autism demonstrated the greatest deficits in theory of mind, emotion perception, and processing, processing speed, and verbal learning and memory. Although prior research has examined impaired cognition in adults with ASD, there has been no comprehensive overview regarding the patterns of cognitive functioning in these individuals to date, according to Tjasa Velikonja, PhD, from the department of psychiatry at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, and colleagues. “A greater understanding of the cognitive performance of adults with ASD can inform cognitive theories and may provide insight on the progression of ASD symptoms into adulthood,” they wrote. “The lack of such information limits treatment development in this area.”
— Tjasa Velikonja, PhD, Department of Psychiatry, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
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