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Individuals with Asperger's disorder exhibit difficulty in switching attention from a local level to a global level

Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, ISSN: 0162-3257, Vol: 43, Issue: 2, Page: 395-403
2013
  • 18
    Citations
  • 0
    Usage
  • 90
    Captures
  • 0
    Mentions
  • 12
    Social Media
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  • Citations
    18
  • Captures
    90
  • Social Media
    12
    • Shares, Likes & Comments
      12
      • Facebook
        12

Article Description

The purpose of the present study was to determine whether individuals with Asperger's disorder exhibit difficulty in switching attention from a local level to a global level. Eleven participants with Asperger's disorder and 11 age- and gender-matched healthy controls performed a level-repetition switching task using Navon-type hierarchical stimuli. In both groups, level-repetition was beneficial at both levels. Furthermore, individuals with Asperger's disorder exhibited difficulty in switching attention from a local level to a global level compared to control individuals. These findings suggested that there is a problem with the inhibitory mechanism that influences the output of enhanced local visual processing in Asperger's disorder. © 2012 Springer Science+Business Media, LLC.

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