title: Analogies solving by individuals with and without intellectual disability: Different cognitive patterns as indicated by eye movements.
abstract: Eighteen adults with intellectual disability (ID) and 20 children with typical development (TD) matched for cognitive level, participated in this study. Participants solved perceptual and conceptual analogies (from the Conceptual and Perceptual Analogical Modifiability Test-CPAM) while having their eye movements monitored. As predicted, the overall percent of correct answers was significantly higher for the TD group compared to that of the ID group. Comparison of the eye movement pattern of each group while solving the analogies revealed that in addition to the quantitative difference between the groups, there is a qualitative difference in the process of solving the analogies. The difference in the scanning pattern between the TD and the ID groups is interpreted as a reflection of two different types of strategies, Constructive matching and Response elimination, respectively.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology and Leslie and Susan Gonda (Goldschmied) Multidisciplinary Brain Research Center, School of Education, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat-Gan, Israel. vakile@mail.biu.ac.il
authors.forename: Eli
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Vakil
authors.forename: Hefziba
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Lifshitz
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Tzuriel
authors.forename: Izhak
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Weiss
authors.forename: Yossi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Arzuoan
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003071:Cognition / Q000502:physiology*; D005133:Eye Movements / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D008607:Intellectual Disability / Q000503:physiopathology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests; D010775:Photic Stimulation; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D011340:Problem Solving; D055815:Young Adult