caa a22 4500 463251180 CHVBK 20180405153340.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170326e20070201xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s10803-006-0166-2 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s10803-006-0166-2 Sorting Preference in Children with Autism: The Dominance of Concrete Features [Elektronische Daten] [Danielle Ropar, David Peebles] The current study investigates preference to sort objects on the basis of either concrete or abstract features in children with and without autism. Participants were asked to sort a set of books into two groups that could be differentiated according to concrete (color, size) or abstract criteria (category membership: sports/games). The results showed that those with autism, unlike controls, were significantly more likely to sort according to a concrete criterion. In a further phase of testing, those with autism still did not sort according to abstract criteria, even when this was the only basis for sorting systematically. The findings are interpreted as evidence for a preference in autism to process concrete over abstract features of stimuli. Springer Science+Business Media, Inc., 2006 Autism nationallicence Concrete and abstract information nationallicence Categorization nationallicence Ropar Danielle School of Psychology, University of Nottingham, NG7 2RD, University Park, Nottingham, UK aut Peebles David School of Psychology, University of Nottingham, NG7 2RD, University Park, Nottingham, UK aut Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders Kluwer Academic Publishers-Plenum Publishers; http://www.springer-ny.com 37/2(2007-02-01), 270-280 0162-3257 37:2<270 2007 37 10803 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-006-0166-2 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-006-0166-2 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Ropar Danielle School of Psychology, University of Nottingham, NG7 2RD, University Park, Nottingham, UK aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Peebles David School of Psychology, University of Nottingham, NG7 2RD, University Park, Nottingham, UK aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders Kluwer Academic Publishers-Plenum Publishers; http://www.springer-ny.com 37/2(2007-02-01), 270-280 0162-3257 37:2<270 2007 37 10803 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer