TY - JOUR
T1 - Children with Autism Detect Targets at Very Rapid Presentation Rates with Similar Accuracy as Adults
AU - Hagmann, Carl Erick
AU - Wyble, Bradley
AU - Shea, Nicole
AU - LeBlanc, Megan
AU - Kates, Wendy R.
AU - Russo, Natalie
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2016, Springer Science+Business Media New York.
PY - 2016/5/1
Y1 - 2016/5/1
N2 - Enhanced perception may allow for visual search superiority by individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), but does it occur over time? We tested high-functioning children with ASD, typically developing (TD) children, and TD adults in two tasks at three presentation rates (50, 83.3, and 116.7 ms/item) using rapid serial visual presentation. In the Color task, participants detected a purple target letter amongst black letter distractors. In the Category task, participants detected a letter amongst number distractors. Slower rates resulted in higher accuracy. Children with ASD were more accurate than TD children and similar to adults at the fastest rate when detecting color-marked targets, indicating atypical neurodevelopment in ASD may cause generalized perceptual enhancement relative to typically developing peers.
AB - Enhanced perception may allow for visual search superiority by individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), but does it occur over time? We tested high-functioning children with ASD, typically developing (TD) children, and TD adults in two tasks at three presentation rates (50, 83.3, and 116.7 ms/item) using rapid serial visual presentation. In the Color task, participants detected a purple target letter amongst black letter distractors. In the Category task, participants detected a letter amongst number distractors. Slower rates resulted in higher accuracy. Children with ASD were more accurate than TD children and similar to adults at the fastest rate when detecting color-marked targets, indicating atypical neurodevelopment in ASD may cause generalized perceptual enhancement relative to typically developing peers.
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U2 - 10.1007/s10803-016-2705-9
DO - 10.1007/s10803-016-2705-9
M3 - Article
C2 - 26801777
AN - SCOPUS:84955314857
SN - 0162-3257
VL - 46
SP - 1762
EP - 1772
JO - Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders
JF - Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders
IS - 5
ER -