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Published on: July 31, 2016
Age-moderating effect in prepotent response inhibition in boys with Asperger syndrome: a 2.5 years longitudinal study
Elisabeth M Weiss1, Claudia Walter2, Andreas Fink2
1Department of Psychology, Biological Psychology Unit, University of Graz, Univ.-Platz 2, 8010, Graz, Austria. e.weiss@uni-graz.at.
Abstract:
Following our previous cross-sectional analysis, indicating age-related improvements of response inhibition in a random-motor-generation task (MPT) in adolescents with Asperger syndrome (AS), the present study reports data from a 2.5-year follow-up examination in the original sample. We found more marked improvements within the follow-up interval in younger AS children, while older AS boys as well as typically developing (TD) boys remained at a relatively constant level throughout. The current longitudinal study further substantiates the notion that AS children (on average) catch up with TD children when they grow older as regards the basic inhibition of developing routine response patterns.
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