Cognitive Behavior and Brain Mechanisms of Central Executive System Deficits in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder
As a core component of working memory,the central executive system plays an important role in regulating and integrating three subsystems:the phonological circuit,the visual-spatial template,and the situational buffer.In recent years,researchers have conducted extensive studies on the central executive system of children with autism spectrum disorders.Cognitive-behavioral studies have found children with autism spectrum disorders differ from general children in the three functions of switching,refreshing,and inhibiting;brain mechanism studies have revealed abnormalities in their brain structure and brain networks,and the central executive systems is likely to be affected by alpha and theta waves.