Universität zu Köln

Lehnhardt, Fritz-Georg, Falter, Christine Michaela, Gawronski, Astrid, Pfeiffer, Kathleen, Tepest, Ralf ORCID: 0000-0002-2421-2652, Franklin, Jeremy and Vogeley, Kai (2016). Sex-Related Cognitive Profile in Autism Spectrum Disorders Diagnosed Late in Life: Implications for the Female Autistic Phenotype. J. Autism Dev. Disord., 46 (1). S. 139 - 155. NEW YORK: SPRINGER/PLENUM PUBLISHERS. ISSN 1573-3432

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Abstract

Females with high-functioning ASD are known to camouflage their autistic symptoms better than their male counterparts, making them prone to being under-ascertained and delayed in diagnostic assessment. Thus far the underlying cognitive processes that enable such successful socio-communicative adaptation are not well understood. The current results show sex-related differences in the cognitive profile of ASD individuals, which were diagnosed late in life exclusively. Higher verbal abilities were found in males (n = 69) as opposed to higher processing speed and better executive functions in females with ASD (n = 38). Since both sexes remained unidentified during childhood and adolescence, these results are suggestive for sex-distinctive cognitive strategies as an alternative to typically-developed reciprocal social behavior and social mimicry in high functioning ASD.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID ORCID Put Code Lehnhardt, Fritz-Georg UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Falter, Christine Michaela UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Gawronski, Astrid UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Pfeiffer, Kathleen UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Tepest, Ralf UNSPECIFIED orcid.org/0000-0002-2421-2652 UNSPECIFIED Franklin, Jeremy UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Vogeley, Kai UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED
URN:	urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-291870
DOI:	10.1007/s10803-015-2558-7
Journal or Publication Title:	J. Autism Dev. Disord.
Volume:	46
Number:	1
Page Range:	S. 139 - 155
Date:	2016
Publisher:	SPRINGER/PLENUM PUBLISHERS
Place of Publication:	NEW YORK
ISSN:	1573-3432
Language:	English
Faculty:	Unspecified
Divisions:	Unspecified
Subjects:	no entry
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Keywords Language HIGH-FUNCTIONING AUTISM; ASPERGER-SYNDROME; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; PROCESSING SPEED; VERBAL FLUENCY; ENHANCEMENT THERAPY; NORMAL-INTELLIGENCE; REVISED VERSION; QUOTIENT AQ; WISC-IV Multiple languages Psychology, Developmental Multiple languages
Refereed:	Yes
URI:	http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/29187