Difficulties predicting time-to-arrival in individuals with autism spectrum disorders
Background: Previous research suggests people with ASD may have various difficulties in processing and interacting with motion in the environment. We investigated whether individuals with ASD have difficulty judging the location of moving objects in a driving context using a time-to-arrival task. M...
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| author | Sheppard, Elizabeth Loon, Editha van Underwood, Geoffrey Ropar, Danielle |
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| description | Background: Previous research suggests people with ASD may have various difficulties in processing and interacting with motion in the environment. We investigated whether individuals with ASD have difficulty judging the location of moving objects in a driving context using a time-to-arrival task.
Methods
Participants with and without ASD viewed scenes that simulated self-motion towards a junction, while another car approached on a side road. Scenes terminated prior to either car reaching the junction and participants were required to decide which car would reach the junction first.
Results
Participants with ASD made fewer correct responses although this was only true when self-motion was on a straight road.
Conclusions
This difficulty in judging the location of moving objects could contribute to difficulties people with ASD experience in learning to drive. |
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| spelling | nottingham-343622020-05-04T17:51:10Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/34362/ Difficulties predicting time-to-arrival in individuals with autism spectrum disorders Sheppard, Elizabeth Loon, Editha van Underwood, Geoffrey Ropar, Danielle Background: Previous research suggests people with ASD may have various difficulties in processing and interacting with motion in the environment. We investigated whether individuals with ASD have difficulty judging the location of moving objects in a driving context using a time-to-arrival task. Methods Participants with and without ASD viewed scenes that simulated self-motion towards a junction, while another car approached on a side road. Scenes terminated prior to either car reaching the junction and participants were required to decide which car would reach the junction first. Results Participants with ASD made fewer correct responses although this was only true when self-motion was on a straight road. Conclusions This difficulty in judging the location of moving objects could contribute to difficulties people with ASD experience in learning to drive. Elsevier 2016-05-20 Article PeerReviewed Sheppard, Elizabeth, Loon, Editha van, Underwood, Geoffrey and Ropar, Danielle (2016) Difficulties predicting time-to-arrival in individuals with autism spectrum disorders. Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders, 28 . pp. 17-23. ISSN 1750-9467 Autism spectrum disorders; Driving; Motion; Prediction impairment; Time-to-arrival http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1750946716300538 doi:10.1016/j.rasd.2016.05.001 doi:10.1016/j.rasd.2016.05.001 |
| spellingShingle | Autism spectrum disorders; Driving; Motion; Prediction impairment; Time-to-arrival Sheppard, Elizabeth Loon, Editha van Underwood, Geoffrey Ropar, Danielle Difficulties predicting time-to-arrival in individuals with autism spectrum disorders |
| title | Difficulties predicting time-to-arrival in individuals with autism spectrum disorders |
| title_full | Difficulties predicting time-to-arrival in individuals with autism spectrum disorders |
| title_fullStr | Difficulties predicting time-to-arrival in individuals with autism spectrum disorders |
| title_full_unstemmed | Difficulties predicting time-to-arrival in individuals with autism spectrum disorders |
| title_short | Difficulties predicting time-to-arrival in individuals with autism spectrum disorders |
| title_sort | difficulties predicting time-to-arrival in individuals with autism spectrum disorders |
| topic | Autism spectrum disorders; Driving; Motion; Prediction impairment; Time-to-arrival |
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