The Weak Central Coherence Account of Autism

By F. Happé. 2005

102 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: Cognitive Neuroscience, Developmental and Educational Psychology, Genetics

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How researchers see this paper

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In Cognitive Neuroscience

1. Marc Woodbury-Smith
2. Fred Volkmar
3. Ken Gobbo
4. Solvegi Shmulsky
5. Elena Semino

In Developmental and Educational Psychology

1. Marc Woodbury-Smith
2. Fred Volkmar
3. Ken Gobbo
4. Solvegi Shmulsky

In Genetics

1. Marc Woodbury-Smith
2. Fred Volkmar
3. Ken Gobbo
4. Solvegi Shmulsky

Citations in the corpus

• Circumscribed Interests in Higher Functioning Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorders: An Exploratory Study (2007, background): “For example, the Bweak central coherence[ hypothesis (Happ2, 2005) suggests that these individuals focus on isolated fragments of knowledge rather than on integrated meanings, thus accounting for their deficits in holistic or configural processing and in conceptual knowledge.”
• Asperger syndrome (2019, background): “The neuropsychological literature on autism is vast, but broadly speaking falls into one of three areas: that pertaining to (1) theory of mind [5], (2) executive function [40] or (3) central coherence [37].”
• Faculty Experience With College Students With Autism Spectrum Disorders (2014, background): “Weak central coherence explains some of the strengths associated with spectrum disorders, namely, that individuals with these diagnoses can be highly accomplished at tasks requiring focus and facility with detail (Happe, 2005).”