A Fresh Look at Categorization Abilities in Persons with Autism

Abstract

(from the introduction) [emphasize] the processes involved in categorization / review some of the current theories regarding how normally developing individuals categorize information / elaborate on [the authors'] discussion of past research examining categorization abilities in persons with autism / present hypotheses suggesting that certain processes of categorization are intact, whereas other types are impaired in persons with autism / present some preliminary data supporting these hypotheses (from the chapter) categorization in normal development / processes underlying categorization in autism [rule-based categorization & prototypic-based categorization]