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01-03-2012 | Original Paper

Young Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder Do Not Preferentially Attend to Biological Motion

Auteurs: Dagmara Annaz, Ruth Campbell, Mike Coleman, Elizabeth Milne, John Swettenham

Gepubliceerd in: Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders | Uitgave 3/2012

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Abstract

Preferential attention to biological motion can be seen in typically developing infants in the first few days of life and is thought to be an important precursor in the development of social communication. We examined whether children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) aged 3–7 years preferentially attend to point-light displays depicting biological motion. We found that children with ASD did not preferentially attend to biological motion over phase-scrambled motion, but did preferentially attend to a point-light display of a spinning top rather than a human walker. In contrast a neurotypical matched control group preferentially attended to the human, biological motion in both conditions. The results suggest a core deficit in attending to biological motion in ASD.
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Metagegevens
Titel
Young Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder Do Not Preferentially Attend to Biological Motion
Auteurs
Dagmara Annaz
Ruth Campbell
Mike Coleman
Elizabeth Milne
John Swettenham
Publicatiedatum
01-03-2012
Uitgeverij
Springer US
Gepubliceerd in
Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders / Uitgave 3/2012
Print ISSN: 0162-3257
Elektronisch ISSN: 1573-3432
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-011-1256-3

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