關於弱核心統整（Weak Central Coherence,WCC）的研究大致有語意統整、視覺統整與感官知覺統整三方面，各個研究可能由於研究對象、研究程序等等的不同而產生相異的結果，對於自閉症者是否有弱核心統整的特徵也沒有一個定論。本研究的目的是試圖呈現自閉症者在核心統整能力上的表現是否與一般學生有差異。
在研究的題本上，研究者針對核心統整中的視覺統整領域進行研究，研究者根據核心統整的概念編製了圖地反轉圖形、自編破碎拼圖測驗與自編情境搜尋測驗等三種題本，以個別施測的方式記錄學生的反應時間、反應類型及正確率等數據進行平均數t 考驗統計。在研究參與者的選擇上，研究者選擇大台北地區經醫院或鑑輔會證明的亞斯柏格症學生，國小三、四、五年級，魏氏智力全量表分數70 以上的學生共15 名，另外選擇年齡相當且智力正常的一般學生15 名作為對照組，個別施測三種題本。
研究結果呈現，在圖地反轉圖形中，亞斯柏格學生的得分與正確率和一般學生無顯著差異，但反應種類的數量明顯高於一般學生；在自編破碎拼圖中，兩組在反應時間與正確率均無顯著差異；在自編情境搜尋中，亞斯柏格學生的反應時間明顯高於一般學生，正確率則無顯著差異。從研究結果發現，兩組學生都可以發現整體，但相同的時間內，亞斯柏格學生卻可以發現更多局部的物體；另外在拼圖中，兩組學生都可以說出圖片的名稱；在情境搜尋中，亞斯柏格的搜尋速度明顯較一般學生慢。

This study tried to find the difference in Weak Central Coherence(WCC) performance between normal children and children with Asperger`s syndrome(AS).
Participants are 15 at 3-5 grade AS children with FIQ above 70 in WISC-III, who are indentified by the children’s mental health center in the hospitals, or by the Committee of Special Students’ Identification. The compared group consists of 15 normal children at the same grade level and FIQ.
The resercher developed and administered three tasks,includind figure-ground pictures, puzzle fragments and odd-searching to assess the participants` performances in WCC. T-test was employed to analyze participants ‘ response time, types of responses, and correction rates.
The results indicate no significant differences between the two groups in the total scores and correction rates in the first task. However, AS group performed significantly more types of responses than normal group. No significant difference was found at the second task in the response time and correction rates between the two groups. AS group used significantly more response time in the third task but there is no different in correction rates.

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