| Literature DB >> 27062035 |
Peter Mundy1,2, Kwanguk Kim3, Nancy McIntyre4, Lindsay Lerro4, William Jarrold5.
Abstract
Theory suggests that information processing during joint attention may be atypical in children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). This hypothesis was tested in a study of school-aged children with higher functioning ASD and groups of children with symptoms of ADHD or typical development. The results indicated that the control groups displayed significantly better recognition memory for pictures studied in an initiating joint attention (IJA) rather than responding to joint attention (RJA) condition. This effect was not evident in the ASD group. The ASD group also recognized fewer pictures from the IJA condition than controls, but not the RJA condition. Atypical information processing may be a marker of the continued effects of joint attention disturbance in school aged children with ASD.Entities:
Keywords: Autism Spectrum Disorder; Information processing; Joint attention; Social cognition
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Year: 2016 PMID: 27062035 DOI: 10.1007/s10803-016-2785-6
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Autism Dev Disord ISSN: 0162-3257