TABLE 1.

Search terms.

ASD	Executive function	Theory of mind	Central coherence
-Autis* -Asperger -PDD NOS -ASD -Autism -developmental disorder not otherwise specified -developmental disorder	-Response -Inhibition -Working Memory -Set Shift -Planning Inhibition -Impulse Control -Initiation -Generativity -Tower of London -Tower of Hanoi -Flanker Task -Card Sorting -Wisconsin Card Sorting Task -WCST -Numbers Task -Digit Backwards -Short Term Memory -flexibility	TOM -ToM -mentalizing -Mentalizing -social cognition -socialcognition -RMET -reading the mind in the eyes task -false belief task -false believe task -strange stories -mindreading -SallyAnn Task -Sally-Anne Task -Smarties Task	-local/global Processing -weak central coherence -context -Gestalt -Embedded figures -Detail -Block Design -figure embedding -Navon Figures -Rey’s figure task

PDD NOS, pervasive developmental disorder not otherwise specified; ASD, autism spectrum disorder; WCST, Wisconsin card sorting task; TOM, theory of mind; RMET, reading the mind in the eyes task. *To cover a broader spectrum of search term endings.