IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/adp/joajnn/v13y2020i2p31-33.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

Neuropsychological Assessment Contributions in Autism Diagnosis

Author

Listed:
  • Amanda Lima Rubim
  • Ana Flávia Lima Teles da Hora
  • Alexia Lima Lobato

    (Assessment, Research and Intervention on Autism Spectrum Disorder Laboratory, CEUMA University, Brazil)

Abstract

The Autism Spectrum Disorder is characterized by deficits on social interaction and communication and by the presence of restrict repertoire of behaviors, activities and interests. The comprehension about this neurodevelopment disorder remains complex nowadays, owing to its unknown etiology. Neuropsychological Assessment provides a deep analysis of cognitive functioning in people with such diagnosis, by being an auxiliary tool in the process of investigation, confirming or not the ASD diagnosis with higher precision. This branch of neuropsychological science contributes a lot to assertive interventions and therapeutic indications, by studying the interaction of brain functioning and human behavior. This study will contribute by presenting Brazilian publications that demonstrate the neuropsychological assessment for the differential diagnosis of ASD. It will be discussed and summarized some of this tool contributions at the national level, indicating the most used tests in Brazilian scenario. It is emphasized that neuropsychological evaluation contributes significatively due to identification of impairments on cognitive functions that are very important for human development.

Suggested Citation

  • Amanda Lima Rubim & Ana Flávia Lima Teles da Hora & Alexia Lima Lobato, 2020. "Neuropsychological Assessment Contributions in Autism Diagnosis," Open Access Journal of Neurology & Neurosurgery, Juniper Publishers Inc., vol. 13(2), pages 31-33, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:adp:joajnn:v:13:y:2020:i:2:p:31-33
    DOI: 10.19080/OAJNN.2020.13.555857
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: https://juniperpublishers.com/oajnn/pdf/OAJNN.MS.ID.555857.pdf
    Download Restriction: no
    File URL: https://juniperpublishers.com/oajnn/OAJNN.MS.ID.555857.php
    Download Restriction: no
    File URL: https://libkey.io/10.19080/OAJNN.2020.13.555857?utm_source=ideas
    LibKey link: if access is restricted and if your library uses this service, LibKey will redirect you to where you can use your library subscription to access this item
    ---><---

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:adp:joajnn:v:13:y:2020:i:2:p:31-33. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    We have no bibliographic references for this item. You can help adding them by using this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Robert Thomas (email available below). General contact details of provider: .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.