Comparative Analysis of Development Program of Concepts and Categories Through Cognitive Perceptive Networks in Students with Autism Spectrum Disorder
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Manuel Ojea Rúa*
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- Department of Psycho-Pedagogy, University of Vigo, Spain
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Manuel Ojea Rúa, Department of Psycho-Pedagogy, University of Vigo, Spain
Received: July 27, 2018; Published: August 06, 2018
DOI: 10.32474/SJPBS.2018.01.000101
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Abstract
Individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) exhibit social- communicative impairments, which cognitive and neuropsychological deficits are evident. This research study presents an experimental study to prove effectiveness of a psychologic program, designed to facilitate conceptual and categorical development through learning of links between concepts. A total of 27 students with ASD participated in study, evaluated over 9 months, throughout three successive measures, distributed in two groups: an experimental group (n= 14) and a control group (n= 13). Results found through ANOVA comparative analysis and independent samples t- test for equality of means show there´re significant differences in the cognitive conceptual development among experimental group participants compared to their peers of control group.
Keywords: Autism; Perception; Cognition; Sensory Integration; Semantic Memory
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