Bottom-up Attention Orienting in Young Children with Autism

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  • Author(s): Amso, Dima; Haas, Sara; Tenenbaum, Elena
  • Language:
    English
  • Source:
    Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders. Mar 2014 44(3):664-673.
  • Publication Date:
    2014
  • Document Type:
    Journal Articles
    Reports - Research
  • Additional Information
    • Availability:
      Springer. 233 Spring Street, New York, NY 10013. Tel: 800-777-4643; Tel: 212-460-1500; Fax: 212-348-4505; e-mail: [email protected]; Web site: http://www.springerlink.com
    • Peer Reviewed:
      Y
    • Source:
      10
    • Subject Terms:
      Autism; Young Children; Attention; Stimuli; Interpersonal Competence; Social Development; Language Acquisition; Severity (of Disability); Pervasive Developmental Disorders
    • Accession Number:
      10.1007/s10803-013-1925-5
    • ISSN:
      0162-3257
    • Abstract:
      We examined the impact of simultaneous bottom-up visual influences and meaningful social stimuli on attention orienting in young children with autism spectrum disorders (ASDs). Relative to typically-developing age and sex matched participants, children with ASDs were more influenced by bottom-up visual scene information regardless of whether social stimuli and bottom-up scene properties were congruent or competing. This initial reliance on bottom-up strategies correlated with severity of social impairment as well as receptive language impairments. These data provide support for the idea that there is enhanced reliance on bottom-up attention strategies in ASDs, and that this may have a negative impact on social and language development.
    • Abstract:
      As Provided
    • Number of References:
      39
    • Publication Date:
      2014
    • Accession Number:
      EJ1038406