Hierarchical letters in ASD: High stimulus variability under different attentional modes

Studies using hierarchical patterns to test global precedence and local-global interference in individuals with ASD have produced mixed results. The current study focuses on stimulus variability and locational uncertainty, while using different attentional modes. Two groups of 44 children with and without ASD completed a divided attention task as well as a global and local selective attention task. The results revealed global-to-local and local-to-global interference in ASD to a similar extent as in the TD group. Both groups struggled with the same type of stimuli (i.e. focusing on local information, while ignoring global information) and performed similar in all three tasks. Future studies on (visual) information processing in ASD should pursue the impact of stimulus noise and trial-by-trial uncertainty further

Jaar van publicatie:2017

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Authors from:Higher Education

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