Change detection in naturalistic pictures among children with autism

Jacob A. Burack; Shari Joseph; Natalie Russo; David I. Shore; Mafalda Porporino; James T. Enns

doi:10.1007/s10803-008-0647-6

Change detection in naturalistic pictures among children with autism

Jacob A. Burack, Shari Joseph, Natalie Russo, David I. Shore, Mafalda Porporino, James T. Enns

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Abstract

Persons with autism often show strong reactions to changes in the environment, suggesting that they may detect changes more efficiently than typically developing (TD) persons. However, Fletcher-Watson et al. (Br J Psychol 97:537-554, 2006) reported no differences between adults with autism and TD adults with a change-detection task. In this study, we also found no initial differences in change-detection between children with autism and NVMA-matched TD children, although differences emerged when detection failures were related to the developmental level of the participants. Whereas detection failures decreased with increasing developmental level for TD children, detection failures remained constant over the same developmental range for children with autism, pointing to an atypical developmental trajectory for change-detection among children with autism.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	471-479
Number of pages	9
Journal	Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders
Volume	39
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-008-0647-6
State	Published - Mar 2009
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Attention
Change detection
Development

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Developmental and Educational Psychology

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