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01-05-2008 | Original Paper

Coherent versus Component Motion Perception in Autism Spectrum Disorder

Auteurs: Myriam W. G. Vandenbroucke, H. Steven Scholte, Herman van Engeland, Victor A. F. Lamme, Chantal Kemner

Gepubliceerd in: Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders | Uitgave 5/2008

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Abstract

Research on visual perception in Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) tries to reveal the underlying mechanisms of aberrant local and global processing. Global motion perception is one way to study this aspect of ASD. We used plaid motion stimuli, which can be perceived as a coherently moving pattern, requiring feature integration, or as two transparent gratings sliding over each other. If global motion detection is impaired in ASD, this would lead to a decrease of the total time that a coherent pattern is perceived. However, in contrast to other studies in the literature, our results gave no evidence of impaired global motion perception in people with ASD. A reconciliation of the different outcomes is proposed based on spatial frequency processing in ASD.
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Metagegevens
Titel
Coherent versus Component Motion Perception in Autism Spectrum Disorder
Auteurs
Myriam W. G. Vandenbroucke
H. Steven Scholte
Herman van Engeland
Victor A. F. Lamme
Chantal Kemner
Publicatiedatum
01-05-2008
Uitgeverij
Springer US
Gepubliceerd in
Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders / Uitgave 5/2008
Print ISSN: 0162-3257
Elektronisch ISSN: 1573-3432
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-007-0467-0