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Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

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01-07-2014 | Original Paper

Paternal Autistic Traits are Predictive of Infants Visual Attention

Auteurs: Luca Ronconi, Andrea Facoetti, Hermann Bulf, Laura Franchin, Roberta Bettoni, Eloisa Valenza

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

Abstract

Since subthreshold autistic social impairments aggregate in family members, and since attentional dysfunctions appear to be one of the earliest cognitive markers of children with autism, we investigated in the general population the relationship between infants’ attentional functioning and the autistic traits measured in their parents. Orienting and alerting attention systems were measured in 8-month-old infants using a spatial cueing paradigm. Results showed that only paternal autistic traits were linked to their children’s: (1) attentional disengagement; (2) rapid attentional orienting and (3) alerting. Our findings suggest that an early dysfunction of orienting and alerting systems might alter the developmental trajectory of future ability in social cognition and communication.

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Titel: Paternal Autistic Traits are Predictive of Infants Visual Attention
Auteurs: Luca Ronconi
Andrea Facoetti
Hermann Bulf
Laura Franchin
Roberta Bettoni
Eloisa Valenza
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/s10803-013-2018-1

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