Citation

Sheppard E, Van Loon E, Underwood G, Ropar D. J. Autism Dev. Disord. 2016; 47(2): 405-414.

Affiliation

School of Psychology, University of Nottingham, University Park, Nottingham, NG7 2RD, UK.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2016, Holtzbrinck Springer Nature Publishing Group)

DOI

10.1007/s10803-016-2965-4

PMID

27866348

Abstract

The current study explored attentional processing of social and non-social stimuli in ASD within the context of a driving hazard perception task. Participants watched videos of road scenes and detected hazards while their eye movements were recorded. Although individuals with ASD demonstrated relatively good detection of driving hazards, they were slower to orient to hazards. Greater attentional capture in the time preceding the hazards' onset was associated with lower verbal IQ. The findings suggest that individuals with ASD may distribute and direct their attention differently when identifying driving hazards.

Language: en