%0 Journal Article
%A Lehnhardt, Fritz-Georg
%A Falter, Christine Michaela
%A Gawronski, Astrid
%A Pfeiffer, Kathleen
%A Tepest, Ralf
%A Franklin, Jeremy
%A Vogeley, Kai
%T Sex-Related Cognitive Profile in Autism Spectrum Disorders Diagnosed Late in Life: Implications for the Female Autistic Phenotype
%J Journal of autism and developmental disorders
%V 46
%N 1
%@ 1573-3432
%C Dordrecht [u.a.]
%I Springer Science + Business Media B.V.
%M FZJ-2016-04897
%P 139 - 154
%D 2016
%X 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.
%F PUB:(DE-HGF)16
%9 Journal Article
%U <Go to ISI:>//WOS:000367883500014
%$ pmid:26319250
%R 10.1007/s10803-015-2558-7
%U https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/819188