Hierarchical Processing in ASD Is Driven by Exaggerated Salience Effects, Not Local Bias

Autor/inn/en	Baisa, Ayelet; Mevorach, Carmel; Shalev, Lilach
Titel	Hierarchical Processing in ASD Is Driven by Exaggerated Salience Effects, Not Local Bias
Quelle	In: Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 51 (2021) 2, S.666-676 (11 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Baisa, Ayelet)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0162-3257
DOI	10.1007/s10803-020-04578-1
Schlagwörter	Autism; Pervasive Developmental Disorders; Cognitive Processes; Performance; Interference (Learning); Stimuli; Bias; Task Analysis; Context Effect + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Autismus; Cognitive process; Kognitiver Prozess; Achievement; Leistung; Anreizsystem; Aufgabenanalyse
Abstract	The role of relative salience in processing of hierarchical stimuli in individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) was examined in this study. Participants with ASD and typically developing controls performed a Navon letters task under conditions of global salience, local salience or equal salience of both levels. Results revealed no group differences in level of processing (global or local) and no local bias for ASD. Rather, both groups showed better performance when targets were more salient compared to when distractors were more salient. Importantly, participants with ASD exhibited increased sensitivity to salience at the distractor level. We conclude that inconsistent findings in the context of global/local processing in ASD may stem from such exaggerated salience effects. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01