Attentional Allocation of Autism Spectrum Disorder Individuals: Searching for a Face-in-the-Crowd

Autor/inn/en	Moore, David J.; Reidy, John; Heavey, Lisa
Titel	Attentional Allocation of Autism Spectrum Disorder Individuals: Searching for a Face-in-the-Crowd
Quelle	In: Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 20 (2016) 2, S.163-171 (9 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1362-3613
DOI	10.1177/1362361315573637
Schlagwörter	Autism; Nonverbal Ability; Adults; Task Analysis; Human Body; Recognition (Psychology); Visual Perception; Visual Stimuli; Attention Control; Social Cognition; Reaction Time; Pervasive Developmental Disorders; Asperger Syndrome; Eye Movements; Wechsler Intelligence Scales Short Forms + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Autismus; Aufgabenanalyse; Menschlicher Körper; Recognition; Wiedererkennen; Visuelle Wahrnehmung; Aufmerksamkeitstest; Soziale Kognition; Reaktionsvermögen; Asperger-Syndrom; Augenbewegung
Abstract	A study is reported which tests the proposition that faces capture the attention of those with autism spectrum disorders less than a typical population. A visual search task based on the Face-in-the-Crowd paradigm was used to examine the attentional allocation of autism spectrum disorder adults for faces. Participants were required to search for discrepant target images from within 9-image arrays. Both participants with autism spectrum disorder and control participants demonstrated speeded identification of faces compared to non-face objects. This indicates that when attention is under conscious control, both autism spectrum disorder and typically developing comparison adults show an attentional bias for faces, which contrasts with previous research which found an absence of an attentional bias for faces in autism spectrum disorder. Theoretical implications of this differentiation are discussed. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01