Children with Autism Fail To Orient to Naturally Occurring Social Stimuli

Twenty children with autism were compared to children with Down syndrome (n=19) and typical peers (n=20) in visual orientation to two social and two nonsocial stimuli and in ability to share attention. Children with autism frequently failed to orient to all stimuli, particularly social stimuli, and...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Journal of autism and developmental disorders 1998-12, Vol.28 (6), p.479-485
Hauptverfasser:	Dawson, Geraldine, Meltzoff, Andrew N, Osterling, Julie, Rinaldi, Julie, Brown, Emily
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Attention Attention Control Attention Deficit Disorders Attention Span Autism Autistic Disorder - diagnosis Autistic Disorder - psychology Autistic preschool children Biological and medical sciences Child Child clinical studies Child, Preschool Children Deficits Developmental disorders Diagnosis, Differential Down Syndrome Down Syndrome - diagnosis Down Syndrome - psychology Downs Syndrome Female Humans Infant Infantile autism Intellectual deficiency Interpersonal Competence Male Medical sciences Orientation Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry Psychopathology. Psychiatry Responses Social Behavior Social Cognition Social Development Social Perception Social stimulation Sound Localization Stimuli Symptoms (Individual Disorders) Visual Environment
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Zusammenfassung:	Twenty children with autism were compared to children with Down syndrome (n=19) and typical peers (n=20) in visual orientation to two social and two nonsocial stimuli and in ability to share attention. Children with autism frequently failed to orient to all stimuli, particularly social stimuli, and exhibited attention deficits. (Author/CR)
ISSN:	0162-3257 1573-3432
DOI:	10.1023/A:1026043926488