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Utilitarian Attention by Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder on a Filtering Task

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Title: Utilitarian Attention by Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder on a Filtering Task
Language: English
Authors: Brodeur, Darlene A., Stewart, Jillian, Dawkins, Tamara, Burack, Jacob A.
Source: Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders. Dec 2018 48(12):4019-4027.
Availability: Springer. Available from: Springer Nature. 233 Spring Street, New York, NY 10013. Tel: 800-777-4643; Tel: 212-460-1500; Fax: 212-348-4505; e-mail: customerservice@springernature.com; Web site: https://link.springer.com/
Peer Reviewed: Y
Page Count: 9
Publication Date: 2018
Document Type: Journal Articles
Reports - Research
Descriptors: Children, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Autism, Attention, Visual Perception, Visual Stimuli, Reaction Time, Comparative Analysis, Cues
DOI: 10.1007/s10803-018-3619-5
ISSN: 0162-3257
Abstract: The findings are evidence that persons with ASD benefit more than typically developing (TD) persons from spatial framing cues in focusing their attention on a visual target. Participants were administered a forced-choice task to assess visual filtering. A target stimulus was presented on a screen and flanker stimuli were presented simultaneously with or after the target, with varying stimuli onset asynchronies (SOAs). Regardless of SOA, TD children showed the expected distracting effects with slower reaction times (RTs) when flankers were at closer distances from the target. However, children with ASD displayed shorter RTs in the conditions in which the stimuli were presented simultaneously or with a short SOA. These findings are interpreted as reflecting utilitarian attention among children with ASD.
Abstractor: As Provided
Number of References: 30
Entry Date: 2018
Accession Number: EJ1195838
Database: ERIC
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Abstract:The findings are evidence that persons with ASD benefit more than typically developing (TD) persons from spatial framing cues in focusing their attention on a visual target. Participants were administered a forced-choice task to assess visual filtering. A target stimulus was presented on a screen and flanker stimuli were presented simultaneously with or after the target, with varying stimuli onset asynchronies (SOAs). Regardless of SOA, TD children showed the expected distracting effects with slower reaction times (RTs) when flankers were at closer distances from the target. However, children with ASD displayed shorter RTs in the conditions in which the stimuli were presented simultaneously or with a short SOA. These findings are interpreted as reflecting utilitarian attention among children with ASD.
ISSN:0162-3257
DOI:10.1007/s10803-018-3619-5