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Gepubliceerd in: Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders 10/2015

13-06-2015 | Original Paper

Accurate or Assumed: Visual Learning in Children with ASD

Auteurs: David Trembath, Giacomo Vivanti, Teresa Iacono, Cheryl Dissanayake

Gepubliceerd in: Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders | Uitgave 10/2015

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Abstract

Children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) are often described as visual learners. We tested this assumption in an experiment in which 25 children with ASD, 19 children with global developmental delay (GDD), and 17 typically developing (TD) children were presented a series of videos via an eye tracker in which an actor instructed them to manipulate objects in speech-only and speech + pictures conditions. We found no group differences in visual attention to the stimuli. The GDD and TD groups performed better when pictures were available, whereas the ASD group did not. Performance of children with ASD and GDD was positively correlated with visual attention and receptive language. We found no evidence of a prominent visual learning style in the ASD group.
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Metagegevens
Titel
Accurate or Assumed: Visual Learning in Children with ASD
Auteurs
David Trembath
Giacomo Vivanti
Teresa Iacono
Cheryl Dissanayake
Publicatiedatum
13-06-2015
Uitgeverij
Springer US
Gepubliceerd in
Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders / Uitgave 10/2015
Print ISSN: 0162-3257
Elektronisch ISSN: 1573-3432
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-015-2488-4

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