自闭症儿童执行功能的研究

Executive Dysfunction in Autistic Children

目的:考察自闭症儿童执行功能的特点,探讨自闭症执行功能障碍说。方法:19名3-15岁的自闭症儿童接受了视空间工作记忆任务、stroop任务和WSCT三种执行功能任务以及龚氏非文字智力测验。结果:自闭症组在空间后退(P<0.05)、stroop任务(P<0.01)和WSCT的完成分类组数(P<0.05)这3项指标上的得分明显低于正常组,其余各项指标未体现出显著差异。结论:自闭症儿童执行功能发展水平落后于同龄正常儿童,存在执行功能障碍。

Objective： To investigate the characteristics of executive function in children with autism spectrum disorders, and to examine executive dysfuction hypothesis, Methods： 19 autistic children were tested by the visuo-spatial working memory task, stroop task and the Wisconsin Card Sorting Test. Meanwhile, they were tested by Gong＇s Non-verbal Intelligence Test. Results： The autistic group displayed significantly lower scores than the healthy control in Backwards Space Reeall（P〈0.05）, stroop task（P〈0.01） and numbers of categories iu WSCT（P〈0.05）. Conclusion： The level of executive function in autistic children, who had a great deficit in EF, was far lower than normal children.