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Eye Tracking Reveals Impaired Attentional Disengagement Associated with Sensory Response Patterns in Children with Autism.

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Sabatos-DeVito, M; Schipul, SE; Bulluck, JC; Belger, A; Baranek, GT
Published in: J Autism Dev Disord
April 2016

This study used a gap-overlap paradigm to examine the impact of distractor salience and temporal overlap on the ability to disengage and orient attention in 50 children (4-13 years) with ASD, DD and TD, and associations between attention and sensory response patterns. Results revealed impaired disengagement and orienting accuracy in ASD. Disengagement was impaired across all groups during temporal overlap for dynamic stimuli compared to static, but only ASD showed slower disengagement from multimodal relative to unimodal dynamic stimuli. Attentional disengagement had differential associations with distinct sensory response patterns in ASD and DD. Atypical sensory processing and temporal binding appear to be intertwined with development of disengagement in ASD, but longitudinal studies are needed to unravel causal pathways.

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J Autism Dev Disord

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EISSN

1573-3432

Publication Date

April 2016

Volume

46

Issue

4

Start / End Page

1319 / 1333

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Orientation
  • Male
  • Longitudinal Studies
  • Humans
  • Female
  • Eye Movements
  • Developmental Disabilities
  • Developmental & Child Psychology
  • Child, Preschool
  • Child
 

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Sabatos-DeVito, M., Schipul, S. E., Bulluck, J. C., Belger, A., & Baranek, G. T. (2016). Eye Tracking Reveals Impaired Attentional Disengagement Associated with Sensory Response Patterns in Children with Autism. J Autism Dev Disord, 46(4), 1319–1333. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-015-2681-5
Sabatos-DeVito, Maura, Sarah E. Schipul, John C. Bulluck, Aysenil Belger, and Grace T. Baranek. “Eye Tracking Reveals Impaired Attentional Disengagement Associated with Sensory Response Patterns in Children with Autism.J Autism Dev Disord 46, no. 4 (April 2016): 1319–33. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-015-2681-5.
Sabatos-DeVito M, Schipul SE, Bulluck JC, Belger A, Baranek GT. Eye Tracking Reveals Impaired Attentional Disengagement Associated with Sensory Response Patterns in Children with Autism. J Autism Dev Disord. 2016 Apr;46(4):1319–33.
Sabatos-DeVito, Maura, et al. “Eye Tracking Reveals Impaired Attentional Disengagement Associated with Sensory Response Patterns in Children with Autism.J Autism Dev Disord, vol. 46, no. 4, Apr. 2016, pp. 1319–33. Pubmed, doi:10.1007/s10803-015-2681-5.
Sabatos-DeVito M, Schipul SE, Bulluck JC, Belger A, Baranek GT. Eye Tracking Reveals Impaired Attentional Disengagement Associated with Sensory Response Patterns in Children with Autism. J Autism Dev Disord. 2016 Apr;46(4):1319–1333.
Journal cover image

Published In

J Autism Dev Disord

DOI

EISSN

1573-3432

Publication Date

April 2016

Volume

46

Issue

4

Start / End Page

1319 / 1333

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Orientation
  • Male
  • Longitudinal Studies
  • Humans
  • Female
  • Eye Movements
  • Developmental Disabilities
  • Developmental & Child Psychology
  • Child, Preschool
  • Child