Thinking in pictures in everyday life situations among autistic adults.
Journal
PloS one
ISSN: 1932-6203
Titre abrégé: PLoS One
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 101285081
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
2021
2021
Historique:
received:
14
12
2020
accepted:
09
07
2021
entrez:
22
7
2021
pubmed:
23
7
2021
medline:
3
11
2021
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
Autistic individuals are often described as thinking in pictures. The aim of this study was to investigate the phenomenological characteristics of mental representations and inner experiences of autistic individuals. A total of 39 autistic adults and 80 control adults answered an online questionnaire. Autistic participants reported a more frequent use of visual mental representations than controls for different types of everyday situations. Moreover, autistic individuals defined their visual mental representations as more detailed than control participants. Furthermore, when describing their inner experiences, autistic participants used perceptive visual themes whereas control participants relied more on the description of events and memories. Our results support the hypothesis that some autistic individuals indeed "think in pictures". We discuss the impact of such a visual way of thinking in daily life.
Identifiants
pubmed: 34293061
doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0255039
pii: PONE-D-20-39247
pmc: PMC8297849
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
e0255039Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
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