The Modality Shift Experiment in Adults and Children with High Functioning Autism

Autor/inn/en	Williams, Diane L.; Goldstein, Gerald; Minshew, Nancy J.
Titel	The Modality Shift Experiment in Adults and Children with High Functioning Autism
Quelle	In: Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 43 (2013) 4, S.794-806 (13 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0162-3257
DOI	10.1007/s10803-012-1618-5
Schlagwörter	Auditory Stimuli; Autism; Cognitive Processes; Reaction Time; Pervasive Developmental Disorders; Visual Stimuli; Visual Perception; Auditory Perception; Children; Adults; Comparative Analysis; Developmental Stages + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Auditive Stimulation; Autismus; Cognitive process; Kognitiver Prozess; Reaktionsvermögen; Visuelle Wahrnehmung; Auditive Wahrnehmung; Akustische Wahrnehmung; Akustik; Child; Kind; Kinder
Abstract	This study used the modality shift experiment, a relatively simple reaction time measure to visual and auditory stimuli, to examine attentional shifting within and across modalities in 33 children and 42 adults with high-functioning autism as compared to matched numbers of age- and ability-matched typical controls. An exaggerated "modality shift effect" relative to the TD children occurred for the children with autism in conditions involving the reaction time when shifting from sound to light but not from light to sound. No exaggerated MSE was found for the adults with autism; rather, their responses were characterized by a generalized slowness relative to the adults with TD. These results suggest a lag in maturational development in autism in basic information processing mechanisms. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10