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18-05-2018 | Original Paper

Circumscribed Interests and Attention in Autism: The Role of Biological Sex

Auteurs: Clare Harrop, Desiree Jones, Shuting Zheng, Sallie Nowell, Brian A. Boyd, Noah Sasson

Gepubliceerd in: Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders | Uitgave 10/2018

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Abstract

Recent studies suggest that circumscribed interests (CI) in females with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) may align more closely with interests reported in typical female development than those typically reported for ASD males. We used eye-tracking to quantify attention to arrays containing combinations of male, female and neutral images in elementary-aged males and females with and without ASD. A number of condition × sex effects emerged, with both groups attending to images that corresponded with interests typically associated with their biological sex. Diagnostic effects reported in similar studies were not replicated in our modified design. Our findings of more typical attention patterns to gender-typical images in ASD females is consistent with evidence of sex differences in CI and inconsistent with the “Extreme Male Brain” theory of ASD.
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Metagegevens
Titel
Circumscribed Interests and Attention in Autism: The Role of Biological Sex
Auteurs
Clare Harrop
Desiree Jones
Shuting Zheng
Sallie Nowell
Brian A. Boyd
Noah Sasson
Publicatiedatum
18-05-2018
Uitgeverij
Springer US
Gepubliceerd in
Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders / Uitgave 10/2018
Print ISSN: 0162-3257
Elektronisch ISSN: 1573-3432
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-018-3612-z