Brief Report: Cognitive Control of Social and Nonsocial Visual Attention in Autism.
Journal Article
Prosaccade and antisaccade errors in the context of social and nonsocial stimuli were investigated in youth with autism spectrum disorder (ASD; n = 19) a matched control sample (n = 19), and a small sample of youth with obsessive compulsive disorder (n = 9). Groups did not differ in error rates in the prosaccade condition for any stimulus category. In the antisaccade condition, the ASD group demonstrated more errors than the control group for nonsocial stimuli related to circumscribed interests, but not for other nonsocial stimuli or for social stimuli. Additionally, antisaccade error rates were predictive of core ASD symptom severity. Results indicate that the cognitive control of visual attention in ASD is impaired specifically in the context of nonsocial stimuli related to circumscribed interests.
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Duke Authors
Cited Authors
- DiCriscio, AS; Miller, SJ; Hanna, EK; Kovac, M; Turner-Brown, L; Sasson, NJ; Sapyta, J; Troiani, V; Dichter, GS
Published Date
- August 2016
Published In
Volume / Issue
- 46 / 8
Start / End Page
- 2797 - 2805
PubMed ID
- 27177893
Pubmed Central ID
- 27177893
Electronic International Standard Serial Number (EISSN)
- 1573-3432
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
- 10.1007/s10803-016-2804-7
Language
- eng
Conference Location
- United States