Journal Article

FZJ-2016-04897

http://join2-wiki.gsi.de/foswiki/pub/Main/Artwork/join2_logo100x88.png Sex-Related Cognitive Profile in Autism Spectrum Disorders Diagnosed Late in Life: Implications for the Female Autistic Phenotype

Lehnhardt, F.-G. (Corresponding author) ; Falter, C. M. ; Gawronski, A. ; Pfeiffer, K. ; Tepest, R. ; Franklin, J. ; Vogeley, K.FZJ*

2016
Springer Science + Business Media B.V. Dordrecht [u.a.]

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Please use a persistent id in citations: doi:10.1007/s10803-015-2558-7

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.

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Contributing Institute(s):

1. Kognitive Neurowissenschaften (INM-3)

Research Program(s):

1. 572 - (Dys-)function and Plasticity (POF3-572) (POF3-572)

Appears in the scientific report 2016

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