OVERLAPPING BETWEEN SYMPTOMS OF AUTISM AND VISUAL AGNOSIA - A CASE-STUDY

Authors
MOTTRON L DECARIE JC MINEAU S AROICHANE M PEPIN JP LABREQUE R JAMBAQUE I
Citation
L. Mottron et al., OVERLAPPING BETWEEN SYMPTOMS OF AUTISM AND VISUAL AGNOSIA - A CASE-STUDY, Brain and cognition, 32(2), 1996, pp. 339-341
Citations number
5
Categorie Soggetti
Psychology, Experimental",Neurosciences
Journal title
Brain and cognition → ACNP
ISSN journal
02782626
Volume
32
Issue
2
Year of publication
1996
Pages
339 - 341
Database
ISI
SICI code
0278-2626(1996)32:2<339:OBSOAA>2.0.ZU;2-E
Abstract
The interpretation of visual symptoms of autism (gaze avoidance, defic iency in interpretation of non-verbal markers for emotions) as a form of prosopagnosia has received some support in the literature. We prese nt here the/a first case of developmental aperceptive agnosia associat ed to/with autism syndrome in a child. Neuropsychological assessment r evealed that I.E. could not process any visual forms more complex than simple geometric figures or face parts. The MRI revealed a severe enc ephalomalacia of autism.