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Brief Report: Reduced Grouping Interference in Children with ASD: Evidence from a Multiple Object Tracking Task

Auteurs: Kris Evers, Lee de-Wit, Ruth Van der Hallen, Birgitt Haesen, Jean Steyaert, Ilse Noens, Johan Wagemans

Gepubliceerd in: Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders | Uitgave 7/2014

Abstract

This study was inspired by the more locally oriented processing style in autism spectrum disorders (ASD). A modified multiple object tracking (MOT) task was administered to a group of children with and without ASD. Participants not only had to distinguish moving targets from distracters, but they also had to track targets when they were visually grouped to distracters, a manipulation which has a detrimental effect on tracking performance in adults. MOT performance in the ASD group was also affected by grouping, but this effect was significantly reduced. This result highlights how the reduced bias towards more global processing in ASD could influence further stages of cognition by altering the way in which attention selects information for further processing.

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Titel: Brief Report: Reduced Grouping Interference in Children with ASD: Evidence from a Multiple Object Tracking Task
Auteurs: Kris Evers
Lee de-Wit
Ruth Van der Hallen
Birgitt Haesen
Jean Steyaert
Ilse Noens
Johan Wagemans
Publicatiedatum: 01-07-2014
Uitgeverij: Springer US
Gepubliceerd in: Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders / Uitgave 7/2014
Print ISSN: 0162-3257
Elektronisch ISSN: 1573-3432
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-013-2031-4

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