Attentional shifting differences in autism: Domain general, domain specific, or both?
Journal article
Skripkauskaite, S., Slade, L. and Mayer, J. 2021. Attentional shifting differences in autism: Domain general, domain specific, or both? Autism. 25 (6), pp. 1721-1733. https://doi.org/10.1177/13623613211001619
Authors | Skripkauskaite, S., Slade, L. and Mayer, J. |
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Abstract | Atypical attention is considered to have an important role in the development of autism. Yet, it remains unclear whether these attentional difficulties are specific to the social domain. The study aimed to examine attentional orienting in autistic (A) and non-autistic (NA) adults from and to non-social and social stimuli. We utilized a modified gap-overlap task with schematic images (Experiment 1: A=27, NA=26) and photographs (Experiment 2: A=18, NA=17). Eye-tracking data (i.e., saccadic latencies) were then compared across condition and type of stimulus (social or non-social) using multi-level modelling. Autistic adults exhibited mostly typical gap and overlap effects, as well as a bias towards social stimuli. Yet, autistic participants benefited from exogenous disengagement when orienting to social information more than non-autistic participants. Neither a domain general nor social domain specific account for attentional atypicalities in autism was supported separately. Yet, subtle combined domain differences were revealed in the gap condition. |
Keywords | Autism; Adults; Gap-overlap; Eye tracking; Saccadic latencies |
Year | 2021 |
Journal | Autism |
Journal citation | 25 (6), pp. 1721-1733 |
Publisher | SAGE |
ISSN | 1362-3613 |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1177/13623613211001619 |
Publication dates | |
Online | 19 Mar 2021 |
Publication process dates | |
Accepted | 16 Feb 2021 |
Deposited | 05 May 2021 |
Accepted author manuscript | File Access Level Open |
Output status | Published |
https://repository.canterbury.ac.uk/item/8x61v/attentional-shifting-differences-in-autism-domain-general-domain-specific-or-both
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