Motor, cognitive, and socio‐cognitive mechanisms explaining social skills in autism and typical development
Yael Estrugo,
Shahar Bar Yehuda,
Nirit Bauminger‐Zviely
Abstract:Challenges in social functioning are considered a core criterion for diagnosing autism. Although motor skills, executive functioning (EF), and theory of mind (ToM) abilities independently affect social challenges and are interconnected, these abilities' shared contribution to the explanation of social functioning in autism remains under‐investigated. To address this disparity, we examined the motor, EF, and ToM abilities of 148 autistic and non‐autistic youth (ages 6–16 years), evaluating these variables' impa… Show more
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