WEAK CENTRAL COHERENCE (Frith et al.)

• SUPERIORITIES OF LOCAL PROCESSING:

• Embedded Figures Test

  • supranormal performance

• Block Design

  • pre-segmentation of patterns gives no advantage
  • configural errors more common than detail errors

• Reading

  • hyperlexia outpaces comprehension
  • impaired contextual disambiguation

• Faces

  • diminished face-inversion effect

• failure to generalise skills

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