Alteration of Attentional Blink in High Functioning Autism: A Pilot Study

Autor/inn/en	Amirault, Marion; Etchegoyhen, Kattalin; Delord, Sandrine; Mendizabal, Sandrine; Kraushaar, Caroline; Hesling, Isabelle; Allard, Michele; Bouvard, Manuel; Mayo, Willy
Titel	Alteration of Attentional Blink in High Functioning Autism: A Pilot Study
Quelle	In: Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 39 (2009) 11, S.1522-1528 (7 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0162-3257
DOI	10.1007/s10803-009-0821-5
Schlagwörter	Autism; Cognitive Processes; Visual Stimuli; Visual Perception; Attention; Comparative Analysis; Neurological Impairments + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Autismus; Cognitive process; Kognitiver Prozess; Visuelle Wahrnehmung; Aufmerksamkeit; Neurodegenerative Erkrankung
Abstract	Autism is characterized by deficits in attention. However, no study has investigated the dynamics of attentional processes in autistic patients yet. The attentional blink (AB) paradigm provides information about the temporal dynamics of attention in particular about the allocation and the duration of an attentional episode. We compared 11 high functioning autistic patients with 15 control participants on a classical AB task. Autistic patients exhibited a deficit in rapidly allocated attentional resources. Further investigations such as coupling AB evaluation with neuroimaging data and/or increasing the size of groups, would allow for investigating the neurobiological substrates of these AB alterations in autistic patients. (As Provided).
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