Asperger syndrome: a simple matter of white matter?

摘要: Asperger syndrome, one of the Pervasive Developmental Disorders, is formally diagnosed on basis a cluster cognitive, social and motor signs. It also associated with poor visuo-spatial skills, good verbal performance, gauche behaviour clumsiness. Many difficulties evident in those syndrome are closely right-hemisphere dysfunction. In this respect they resemble signs used to diagnose what has been labelled Nonverbal Learning Disorder. Here, these treated as being same or closely-related disorders possible common underlying aetiology; that is, neurodevelopmental abnormality affecting white matter. This review examines ability approach account for wide range characteristics contrasts theory-of-mind approach, which, although able primary features less successful at explaining some its secondary features.