Rachna Mutreja1, Curtis Craig2, Michael W O'Boyle1. 1. a Department of Human Development and Family Studies , College of Human Sciences, Texas Tech University , Lubbock , TX , USA and. 2. b Department of Psychology , College of Arts and Sciences, Texas Tech University , Lubbock , TX , USA.
Abstract
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE: Individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) often demonstrate deficient attentional ability, but the specific nature of the deficit is unclear. The Attention Networks model provides a useful approach to deconstruct this attentional deficit into its component parts. METHOD: Fifty-two neurotypical (NT) children and 14 children with ASD performed the child version of the Attention Network Test (ANT). The latter requires participants to indicate the direction of a centre target stimulus, which is presented above/below fixation and sometimes flanked by either congruent or incongruent distractor stimuli. RESULTS: Relative to NT children, those with ASD were: (1) slower to react to spatially cued trials and (2) more error prone on executive (conflict) attention trials. CONCLUSIONS: Young children with ASD have intact alerting attention, but less-efficient orienting and executive attention.
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE: Individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) often demonstrate deficient attentional ability, but the specific nature of the deficit is unclear. The Attention Networks model provides a useful approach to deconstruct this attentional deficit into its component parts. METHOD: Fifty-two neurotypical (NT) children and 14 children with ASD performed the child version of the Attention Network Test (ANT). The latter requires participants to indicate the direction of a centre target stimulus, which is presented above/below fixation and sometimes flanked by either congruent or incongruent distractor stimuli. RESULTS: Relative to NT children, those with ASD were: (1) slower to react to spatially cued trials and (2) more error prone on executive (conflict) attention trials. CONCLUSIONS: Young children with ASD have intact alerting attention, but less-efficient orienting and executive attention.
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