'Obsessions' in children with autism or Asperger syndrome. Content analysis in terms of core domains of cognition

• Published in: British journal of psychiatry Vol. 175; no. 5; pp. 484 - 490
• Main Authors: Baron-Cohen, S, Wheelwright, S
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Cambridge University Press 01.11.1999
• Subjects: Asperger Syndrome - psychology; Asperger's syndrome; Autism; Autistic children; Autistic Disorder - psychology; Case-Control Studies; Chi-Square Distribution; Child; Children; Cognition; Cognitive ability; Cognitive style; Female; Gilles de la Tourette syndrome; Humans; Male; Obsessive Behavior - classification; Obsessive Behavior - psychology; Phenotypes; Physics; Questionnaires; Tourette syndrome; Tourette Syndrome - psychology

We report a survey of the content of obsessions in children with autism spectrum conditions. We use the term 'obsessions' narrowly, to indicate strong, repetitive interests. We predicted that obsessions would not cluster randomly, but rather would occur significantly more often in the doma...