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 - Funding Information:
We would like to thank all of our undergraduate volunteers in the CARE lab for running participants. We would also like to thank the families and children who graciously gave their time for this research. This project was made possible by Grant support from a pilot Grant from the Hill Collaboration in Environmental Medicine to NR, BW, and WRK, as well as by the NIH (1R01MH101536â01 to NR, and 5R01MH064824-13 to WRK). Grant sponsor NIH; Grant Number 1R01MH101536â01 to N.R. and 5R01MH064824-13 to W.R.K.; Hill Collaboration on Environmental Medicine Diseases of the Nervous System Focus to N.R., W.R.K., & B.W.
Funding Information:
We would like to thank all of our undergraduate volunteers in the CARE lab for running participants. We would also like to thank the families and children who graciously gave their time for this research. This project was made possible by Grant support from a pilot Grant from the Hill Collaboration in Environmental Medicine to NR, BW, and WRK, as well as by the NIH (1R01MH101536–01 to NR, and 5R01MH064824-13 to WRK). Grant sponsor NIH; Grant Number 1R01MH101536–01 to N.R. and 5R01MH064824-13 to W.R.K.; Hill Collaboration on Environmental Medicine Diseases of the Nervous System Focus to N.R., W.R.K., & B.W.
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 -