Creativity and Imagination in Autism and Asperger Syndrome

by Jaime Craig and Simon Baron-Cohen. (1999), Jr. Autism and Developmental Disorders, 29, 319-326.

“Three studies are reported that address the often described impoverished creativity in autism. Using the Torrance Creativity
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“Although this is evidence of executive dysfunction, it does not directly account for why imaginative creativity is more difficult than reality-based creativity.“