TABLE 2.

Theories of autism in cognitive science.

Source paper	Theory identifier	Acronym used	Primary mechanism	Direction of explanation
Baron-Cohen, 2000	Theory of mind	ToM	Social	Cognitive first
Frith, 1996	Executive functioning	EF	Control	Cognition first
Happé and Frith, 2006	Weak central coherence	WCC	Attention	Cognition first
Markram and Markram, 2010	Intense world theory	IWT	Sensory	Perception first
Mottron et al., 2006	Enhanced perceptual functioning	EPF	Perception	Perception first
Van de Cruys et al., 2014	High and inflexible precision of prediction errors in autism	HIPPEA	Information processing	Perception first