Visual Orienting Deficits in High-Functioning People with Autism

A visual orienting task was given to 11 high functioning male adolescents and adults with autism. Findings suggested that autistic people have difficulty processing briefly presented cue information and problems disengaging and shifting attention within the visual modality. Results support previous...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Journal of autism and developmental disorders 1993-03, Vol.23 (1), p.1-13
Hauptverfasser:	Wainwright-Sharp, J. Ann, Bryson, Susan E
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adolescent Adolescents Adult Adult and adolescent clinical studies Adults Attention Attention Control Attention Deficit Disorders Autism Autistic Disorder - complications Autistic people Biological and medical sciences Cognition Disorders - complications Cognitive Processes Female Fixation, Ocular High functioning Humans Male Males Medical sciences Photic Stimulation Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry Psychopathology. Psychiatry Psychoses Reaction Time Space Perception Spatial Ability Time Factors (Learning) Visual attention Visual Fields Visual Perception Visual Stimuli
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Zusammenfassung:	A visual orienting task was given to 11 high functioning male adolescents and adults with autism. Findings suggested that autistic people have difficulty processing briefly presented cue information and problems disengaging and shifting attention within the visual modality. Results support previous ideas that attentional dysfunction may underlie autistic symptomatology. (Author/DB)
ISSN:	0162-3257 1573-3432
DOI:	10.1007/BF01066415