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Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders
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09-02-2016 | S.I. : Local vs. Global processing in Autism Spectrum Disorders

Seeing the Forest and the Trees: Default Local Processing in Individuals with High Autistic Traits Does Not Come at the Expense of Global Attention

Auteurs: Ryan A. Stevenson, Sol Z. Sun, Naomi Hazlett, Jonathan S. Cant, Morgan D. Barense, Susanne Ferber

Gepubliceerd in: Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders | Uitgave 4/2018

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Abstract

Atypical sensory perception is one of the most ubiquitous symptoms of autism, including a tendency towards a local-processing bias. We investigated whether local-processing biases were associated with global-processing impairments on a global/local attentional-scope paradigm in conjunction with a composite-face task. Behavioural results were related to individuals’ levels of autistic traits, specifically the Attention to Detail subscale of the Autism Quotient, and the Sensory Profile Questionnaire. Individuals showing high rates of Attention to Detail were more susceptible to global attentional-scope manipulations, suggesting that local-processing biases associated with Attention to Detail do not come at the cost of a global-processing deficit, but reflect a difference in default global versus local bias. This relationship operated at the attentional/perceptual level, but not response criterion.
vorige artikel Local and Global Visual Processing in Autism Spectrum Disorders: Influence of Task and Sample Characteristics and Relation to Symptom Severity
volgende artikel Evidence of Reduced Global Processing in Autism Spectrum Disorder
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There is some debate as to whether person-first language should be used in describing autistic individuals (e.g. “individuals with autism” vs. “autistic individuals”). While researchers and clinicians often support the use of person-first language, recent studies have shown that autistic individuals themselves, their families and their caregivers, most commonly prefer language that incorporates autism as a component of their identity (Kenny et al., 2015). As such we will use the language preferred by autistic individuals themselves throughout this manuscript.
 
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Metagegevens
Titel
Seeing the Forest and the Trees: Default Local Processing in Individuals with High Autistic Traits Does Not Come at the Expense of Global Attention
Auteurs
Ryan A. Stevenson
Sol Z. Sun
Naomi Hazlett
Jonathan S. Cant
Morgan D. Barense
Susanne Ferber
Publicatiedatum
09-02-2016
Uitgeverij
Springer US
Gepubliceerd in
Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders / Uitgave 4/2018
Print ISSN: 0162-3257
Elektronisch ISSN: 1573-3432
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-016-2711-y

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