The autistic group were found to be no different to the control group in performance on the visual illusions task. The autistic group made more errors than the normally developing group on the rare condition of the homophone task. However, analysis suggests this difference is mediated by verbal ability level and not diagnostic status per se. Keywords autism, central coherence, dynamic assessment. It’s weak central coherence and it’s a common autistic trait. Theoretical implications and alternative explanations are discussed. The weak central coherence hypothesis (Frith, 1989) is one of the major cognitive theories of. Key words: weak central coherence, autism spectrum disorders, visual processing. Central coherence is the ability to focus on details as well as wholes.

In 1989, psychologist Uta Frith gave the term Central coherence to a person’s ability to derive overall meaning from a collection of. would have a weak central coherence (WCC) as they tend to use a. It allows one to understand the context of things and to ‘see the big picture’. An additional psychological theory of ASD is that individuals on the spectrum have Weak Central Cohesion (WCC). Some of the difficulties which may occur with weak Central Coherence: Seeing connections and generalising skills. The WCC theory suggests that individuals on the.

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