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Gepubliceerd in: Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders 1/2006

01-01-2006

Global–Local Visual Processing in High Functioning Children with Autism: Structural vs. Implicit Task Biases

Auteurs: Grace Iarocci, Jacob A. Burack, David I. Shore, Laurent Mottron, James T. Enns

Gepubliceerd in: Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders | Uitgave 1/2006

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Abstract

Global–local processing was examined in high-functioning children with autism and in groups of typically developing children. In experiment 1, the effects of structural bias were tested by comparing visual search that favored access to either local or global targets. The children with autism were not unusually sensitive to either level of visual structure. In experiment 2 a structural global bias was pitted against an implicit task bias favoring the local level. Children with autism were least sensitive to the structural global bias but showed greater sensitivity to the implicit task bias. This suggests that autism is associated with differences in the executive control processes used to guide attention to either the global or local level, and strategies may be more “data driven”.
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Metagegevens
Titel
Global–Local Visual Processing in High Functioning Children with Autism: Structural vs. Implicit Task Biases
Auteurs
Grace Iarocci
Jacob A. Burack
David I. Shore
Laurent Mottron
James T. Enns
Publicatiedatum
01-01-2006
Uitgeverij
Springer US
Gepubliceerd in
Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders / Uitgave 1/2006
Print ISSN: 0162-3257
Elektronisch ISSN: 1573-3432
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-005-0045-2

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