In the study of adult autism by Baron-Cohen et al. (1997), participants in the Autistic Spectrum (AS) or High-Functioning Autism (HFA) group performed significantly worse on the Eyes Task but performed normally on the gender recognition control task.
Explain what this difference in performance reveals about the nature of their cognitive deficits.
47 exam-style questions on OCR A Level Psychology Understanding disorders, covering Freud (1909): Little Hans and Baron-Cohen et al. (1997): Autism in adults. Each one has a worked solution and a mark scheme showing where the marks go.