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Figure Disembedding: The Gottschaldt's Hidden Figure Test in Children with Typical Development and Autism
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Conson, Massimiliano; Siciliano, Mattia; Trojano, Luigi; Zoccolotti, Pierluigi; Zappullo, Isa; Baiano, Chiara; Caputo, Giovanni; Russo, Alessandro; Cecere, Roberta; Cecere, Roberta; Di Rosa, Alessandro; Esposito, Giovanna; Milo, Rosa; Polito, Francesco; Rauso, Barbara; Vela, Maria; Santangelo, Gabriella – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2022
In two studies, we used the Gottschaldt's Hidden Figure Test (GHFT) for assessing figure disembedding ability in children aged 7-11. Study 1 demonstrated in a large sample of typically developing children that GHFT accuracy and time scores differed across age groups, without sex and socioeconomic differences. Thus, we provided normative data only…
Descriptors: Visual Perception, Children, Accuracy, Scores
Semantic and Visuospatial Fluid Reasoning in School-Aged Autistic Children
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Danis, Eliane; Nader, Anne-Marie; Degré-Pelletier, Janie; Soulières, Isabelle – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2023
In light of the known visuoperceptual strengths and altered language skills in autism, we investigated the impact of problem content (semantic/visuospatial) combined with complexity and presence of lures on fluid reasoning in 43 autistic and 41 typical children (6-13 years old). Increased complexity and presence of lures diminished performance,…
Descriptors: Visual Perception, Language Skills, Autism Spectrum Disorders, Semantics
Specific Global-Local Visual Processing Abilities Mediate the Influence of Non-Social Autistic-Like Traits on Mental Rotation
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Zappullo, Isa; Senese, Vincenzo Paolo; Milo, Rosa; Positano, Monica; Cecere, Roberta; Raimo, Gennaro; Conson, Massimiliano – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2023
Inconsistent data are available on mental rotation performance in neurotypicals with high autistic-like traits. Here, we tested whether global-local visual processing abilities mediate the influence of specific autistic-like trait domains (social skill, attention switching, attention-to-detail, communication, and imagination) on mental rotation.…
Descriptors: Autism Spectrum Disorders, Symptoms (Individual Disorders), Accuracy, Cognitive Ability
Children with Autism Detect Targets at Very Rapid Presentation Rates with Similar Accuracy as Adults
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Hagmann, Carl Erick; Wyble, Bradley; Shea, Nicole; LeBlanc, Megan; Kates, Wendy R.; Russo, Natalie – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2016
Enhanced perception may allow for visual search superiority by individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), but does it occur over time? We tested high-functioning children with ASD, typically developing (TD) children, and TD adults in two tasks at three presentation rates (50, 83.3, and 116.7 ms/item) using rapid serial visual presentation.…
Descriptors: Autism, Visual Perception, Color, Task Analysis
Visual Processing in Adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorder: Evidence from Embedded Figures and Configural Superiority Tests
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Dillen, Claudia; Steyaert, Jean; Op de Beeck, Hans P.; Boets, Bart – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2015
The embedded figures test has often been used to reveal weak central coherence in individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Here, we administered a more standardized automated version of the embedded figures test in combination with the configural superiority task, to investigate the effect of contextual modulation on local feature…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Adolescents, Comparative Analysis
Visual Search and Emotion: How Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders Scan Emotional Scenes
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Maccari, Lisa; Pasini, Augusto; Caroli, Emanuela; Rosa, Caterina; Marotta, Andrea; Martella, Diana; Fuentes, Luis J.; Casagrande, Maria – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2014
This study assessed visual search abilities, tested through the flicker task, in children diagnosed with autism spectrum disorders (ASDs). Twenty-two children diagnosed with ASD and 22 matched typically developing (TD) children were told to detect changes in objects of central interest or objects of marginal interest (MI) embedded in either…
Descriptors: Children, Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Visual Perception
Right Temporoparietal Gray Matter Predicts Accuracy of Social Perception in the Autism Spectrum
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David, Nicole; Schultz, Johannes; Milne, Elizabeth; Schunke, Odette; Schöttle, Daniel; Münchau, Alexander; Siegel, Markus; Vogeley, Kai; Engel, Andreas K. – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2014
Individuals with an autism spectrum disorder (ASD) show hallmark deficits in social perception. These difficulties might also reflect fundamental deficits in integrating visual signals. We contrasted predictions of a social perception and a spatial-temporal integration deficit account. Participants with ASD and matched controls performed two…
Descriptors: Brain Hemisphere Functions, Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Interpersonal Competence