Asperger syndrome: A simple matter of white matter?

Trends in Cognitive Sciences

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 192-200

  Ellis, Hadyn D ^a   Gunter, Helen L ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPERGER SYNDROME; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; HUMAN; LEARNING DISORDER; REVIEW; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; THEORY; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 0032963695     PISSN: 13646613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1364-6613(99)01315-7     Document Type: Review

References (53)

1. Ellis, H.D. and Leafhead, K.M. (1996) Raymond: a study of an adult with Asperger syndrome, in Methods in Madness: Case Studies in Cognitive Neuropsychiatry (Halligan, P.W. and Marshall, J.C., eds), pp. 79-92, Psychology Press
2. Asperger, H. (1944) Die 'Autistischen Psychopathen' im Kindersalter Arch. Psychiatr. Nervenkr. 117, 76-136;
3. translated and annotated Frith, U. (1991) in Autism and Asperger Syndrome, pp. 37-92, Cambridge University Press
4. Wing, L. (1981) Asperger syndrome: a clinical account Psycho!. Med. 11, 115-130
5. Schopler, E. and Mesibov, G.B. (1998) Asperger Syndrome or High-Functioning Autism?, Plenum Press
6. Gillberg, C. and Ehlers, S. (1998) High functioning people with autism and Asperger syndrome, in Asperger Syndrome and High Functioning Autism (Schopler, E., Mesibov, G.B. and Kunce, L.J., eds), pp. 79-100, Plenum Press
7. Gillberg, C. (1991) Clinical and neurobiological aspects of Asperger syndrome in six family studies, in Autism and Asperger Syndrome (Frith, U., ed.), pp. 122-146, Cambridge University Press
8. Ellis, H.D. et al. (1994) A preliminary study of right-hemisphere cognitive deficits and impaired social judgment among young people with Asperger syndrome Eur. Child Adolesc. Psychiatry 3, 255-266
9. Lincoln, A. et al. (1998) Neurobiology of Asperger syndrome: seven case studies and quantitative magnetic resonance imaging findings, in Asperger Syndrome and High Functioning Autism (Schopler, E., Mesibov, G.B. and Kunce, L.J., eds), pp. 145-160, Plenum Press
10. SBottini, G. et al. (1994) The role of the right hemisphere in the interpretation of figurative aspects of language: a positron emission tomography activation study Brain 117, 1241-1253
11. Manoach, D.S., Sandson, T.A. and Weintraub, S. (1995) The developmental social-emotional processing disorder is associated with right-hemisphere abnormalities Neuropsychiatry Neuropsychol. Behav. Neurol. 8, 99-105
12. Wing, L. (1991) The relationship between Asperger's syndrome and Kanner's autism, in Autism and Asperger Syndrome (Frith, U., ed.), pp. 93-121, Cambridge University Press
13. Wing, L. (1998) The history of Asperger syndrome, in Asperger Syndrome and High Functioning Autism (Schopler, E., Mesibov, G.B. and Kunce, L.J., eds), pp. 11-25, Plenum Press
14. Gillberg, C. (1992) The Emmanuel Miller Memorial Lecture 1991. Autism and autistic-like conditions: subclasses among disorders of empathy/ Child Psycho!. Psychiatry 33, 813-842
15. Brothers, L.A. (1990) The social brain: a project for integrating primate behaviour and neurophysiology in a new domain Concepts Neurosci. 1, 27-51
16. Happé, F. (1994) An advanced test of theory of mind: understanding of story characters' thoughts and feelings by able autistic mentally handicapped and normal children and adults J. Autism Dev. Disord. 24, 129-154
17. Bowler, D.M. (1992) Theory of Mind' in Asperger syndrome J. Child Psycho!. Psychiatry 33, 877-893
18. Baron-Cohen, S. (1997) Is there a language of the eyes? Visual Cognit. 4,311-331
19. Baron-Cohen, S. (1998) Is autism an extreme form of male brain?, in Mapping the Mind (Carter, R., ed.), pp. 77-79, Weidenfeld & Nicolson
20. Myklbust, H.R. (1975) Non-verbal learning disabilities: assessment and intervention, in Progress in Learning Disabilities (Vol. 3) (Myklebust, H.R., ed.), pp. 281-301, Grune & Straton
21. Rourke, B.P. (1989) Nonverbal Learning Disabilities: The Syndrome and the Model, Guilford Press
22. Rourke, B.P., ed. (1995) Syndrome of Nonverbal Learning Disabilities: Neurodevelopmental Manifestations, Guilford Press
23. Semrud-Clikeman, M. and Hynd, G.W. (1990) Right-hemisphere dysfunction in non-verbal learning disabilities: social, academic and adaptive functioning in adults and children Psychol. Bull. 107, 196-209
24. Gillberg, C. (1998) Asperger syndrome and high-functioning autism Br. J. Psychiatry 172, 200-209
25. Rickarby, G., Carruthers, A. and Mitchell, M. (1991) Biological factors associated with Asperger syndrome J. Autism Dev. Disord. 21, 341-348
26. Goldberg, E. and Costa, L.D. (1981) Hemisphere differences in the acquisition and use of descriptive systems Brain Lang. 14, 144-173
27. Gur, R.C. eta/. (1980) Difference in the distribution of gray and white matter in human cerebral hemispheres Science 207, 1226-1228
28. McKelvey, J.R. eta/. (1995) Right-hemisphere dysfunction in Asperger's syndrome J. Child. Neural. 10, 310-314
29. Berthier, M.L., Bayes, A. and Tolosa, E.S. (1993) Magnetic resonance imaging in patients with concurrent Tourette's disorder and Asperger syndrome J. Am. Acad. Child Adolesc. Psychiatry 32, 633-639
30. Berthier, M., Starkstein, S.E. and Leiguarda, R. (1990) Developmental cortical anomalies in Asperger's syndrome J. Neuropsychiatry Clin. Neurose/. 2, 197-201
31. Voeller, K.K.S. (1986) Right-hemisphere-deficit syndrome in children Am. J. Psychiatry 143, 1004-1009
32. Kracke, I. (1994) Developmental prosopagnosia in Asperger's syndrome: presentation and discussion of an individual case Dev. Med. Child Neurol. 36, 873-886
33. Warrington, E.K. (1984) Recognition Memory Test Manual, NFER-Nelson
34. Lezak, M.D. (1995) Neuropsychological Assessment (3rd edn), Oxford University Press
35. Mottron, L. and Bellevile, S. (1993) A study of perceptual analysis in a high-level autistic subject with exceptional graphic abilities Brain Cognit. 23, 279-309
36. Shah, A. and Frith, U. (1983) An islet of ability in autism: a research note/ Child Psycho!. Psychiatry 24, 613-620
37. Jolliffe, T. and Baron-Cohen, S. (1997) Are people with autism and Asperger syndrome faster than normals on the embedded figure test? J. Child Psycho!. Psychiatry 38, 527-534
38. Warrington, E.K. and James, M. (1986) Visual object recognition in patients with right-hemisphere lesions: axes or features Perception 15, 355-366
39. Wilson, B., Cockburn, J. and Baddeley, A. (1985) The Rivermead Behavioural Memory Test, Thames Valley Test Company
40. Bryan, K.L (1989) The Right Hemisphere Language Battery, Far Communications
41. Volkmar, F.R. et al. (1996) Asperger's syndrome J. Am. Child Adolesc. Psychiatry 35, 118-123
42. Manjiviona, J. and Prior, M. (1995) Comparison of Asperger syndrome and high-functioning autistic children on a test of motor impairment J. Autism Dev. Disord. 25, 23-39
43. Ghaziuddin, M., Butler, E., Tsai, L and Ghaziuddin, N. (1994) Is clumsiness a marker for Asperger syndrome? J. Intellect Disabil. Res. 38, 519-527
44. Berthier, M.L. (1994) Corticollosal anomalies in Asperger's syndrome Am. J. Radio!. 8, 236-237
45. David, A.S., Wacharasindhu, A. and Lishman, W.A. (1993) Severe psychiatric disturbance and abnormalities of the corpus callosum: review and case series J. Neurol. Neurosurg. Psychiatry 56, 85-93
46. Jeeves, M.A., Silver, P.M. and Jacobson, I. (1988) Biannual coordination in callosal agenesic and partial commissurotomy Neuropsychologia 26, 833-850
47. Kitterle, F.L. (1995) Hemispheric Communication: Mechanisms and Models, Erlbaum
48. Ghaziuddin, M. and Gerstein, L. (1996) Pedantic speaking style differentiates Asperger syndrome from high-functioning autism J. Autism Dev. Disord. 26, 585-595
49. Ghaziuddin, M., Weidmer-Mikhail, E. and Gaziuddin, N. (1998) Comorbidity of Asperger syndrome: a preliminary report J. Intellect. Disab. Res. 42, 279-283
50. Van Lancker, D. and Pachana, N.A. (1998) The influence of emotions on language and communication disorders, in Handbook of Neurolinguistics (Stemmer, B. and Whitaker, H.A., eds), pp. 302-310, Academic Press
51. Winner, E. et al. (1998) Distinguishing lies from jokes: theory of mind deficits and discourse interpretation in right-hemisphere brain-damaged patients Brain Lang. 62, 89-106
52. Siegal, M., Carrington, J. and Radel, M. (1996) Theory of mind and pragmatic understanding following right-hemisphere damage Brain Lang. 53, 40-50
53. Happé, F.G.E, et al. (1996) Theory of mind in the brain: evidence from a PET scan study of Asperger syndrome NeuroReport 8, 197-201