This study examined whether a relationship between non-verbal intelligence and cognitive flexibility exists that is specific to adolescents with ASD and lower cognitive abilities (low-functioning), compared to adolescents with Intellectual Developmental Disability (IDD), who also have comparable EF difficulties (Visser et.al., 2015). Specifically, we explored whether there are differences in the relationships between verbal and non-verbal intelligence and cognitive flexibility between groups, and if non-verbal intelligence can predict cognitive flexibility ability in either groups.
Principal Investigator (PI): Julie Oh
Institution & Department: McGill University – Department of Educational and Counselling Psychology
Supervisor: Dr. Armando Bertone
Year(s) collaborated with SCERT on project: 2018 - 2020
Results of Research Project:
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Oh, J., Bertone, A. Non-verbal intelligence is a better predictor of cognitive flexibility in adolescents with autism compared to adolescents with intellectual disability. Poster presented at the annual conference of the International Society for Autism Research (INSAR); 2 May 2019. Montreal, Quebec.
