Young Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder Do Not Preferentially Attend to Biological Motion

Autor/inn/en	Annaz, Dagmara; Campbell, Ruth; Coleman, Mike; Milne, Elizabeth; Swettenham, John
Titel	Young Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder Do Not Preferentially Attend to Biological Motion
Quelle	In: Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 42 (2012) 3, S.401-408 (8 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0162-3257
DOI	10.1007/s10803-011-1256-3
Schlagwörter	Control Groups; Autism; Motion; Pervasive Developmental Disorders; Biology; Young Children; Light; Comparative Analysis + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Autismus; Bewegungsablauf; Biologie; Frühe Kindheit; Licht
Abstract	Preferential attention to biological motion can be seen in typically developing infants in the first few days of life and is thought to be an important precursor in the development of social communication. We examined whether children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) aged 3-7 years preferentially attend to point-light displays depicting biological motion. We found that children with ASD did not preferentially attend to biological motion over phase-scrambled motion, but did preferentially attend to a point-light display of a spinning top rather than a human walker. In contrast a neurotypical matched control group preferentially attended to the human, biological motion in both conditions. The results suggest a core deficit in attending to biological motion in ASD. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10