著者
菊池 哲平 原田 恵梨子 Teppei Kikuchi Eriko Harada
出版者
熊本大学
雑誌
熊本大学教育学部紀要 人文科学
巻号頁・発行日
vol.58, pp.175-181, 2009-12-04

The purpose of this study was to examine the unique cognitive feature of young children with autism using matching task for visual stimuli was able to match in either color or shape. 11 young children with autism (CA = 4 to 6) and 36 typical development young children (CA = 3 to 6) was participated. The participants was asked for choosing stimulation "same as" sample according to color or shape. The results as follows; l) The typical development children tended to choose in shape, especially younger children. 2) The response time is shorter\with age in typical development. 3) The young children with ausitm tended to choose in color. It is suggest that the young children with autism have preference to color. Therefore, when using a visual cues for children with autism, it is effective to make the color a key point.