Attentional differences in a driving hazard perception task in adults with autism spectrum disorders
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 relati...
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| author | Sheppard, Elizabeth van Loon, Editha Underwood, Geoffrey Ropar, Danielle |
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| description | 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 diferently when identifying driving hazards. |
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| spelling | nottingham-388442020-05-04T18:20:34Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/38844/ Attentional differences in a driving hazard perception task in adults with autism spectrum disorders Sheppard, Elizabeth van Loon, Editha Underwood, Geoffrey Ropar, Danielle 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 diferently when identifying driving hazards. Springer 2016-11-19 Article PeerReviewed Sheppard, Elizabeth, van Loon, Editha, Underwood, Geoffrey and Ropar, Danielle (2016) Attentional differences in a driving hazard perception task in adults with autism spectrum disorders. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders . ISSN 1573-3432 Attention Autism spectrum disorders Driving Eye-tracking Hazard perception http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs10803-016-2965-4 doi:10.1007/s10803-016-2965-4 doi:10.1007/s10803-016-2965-4 |
| spellingShingle | Attention Autism spectrum disorders Driving Eye-tracking Hazard perception Sheppard, Elizabeth van Loon, Editha Underwood, Geoffrey Ropar, Danielle Attentional differences in a driving hazard perception task in adults with autism spectrum disorders |
| title | Attentional differences in a driving hazard perception task
in adults with autism spectrum disorders |
| title_full | Attentional differences in a driving hazard perception task
in adults with autism spectrum disorders |
| title_fullStr | Attentional differences in a driving hazard perception task
in adults with autism spectrum disorders |
| title_full_unstemmed | Attentional differences in a driving hazard perception task
in adults with autism spectrum disorders |
| title_short | Attentional differences in a driving hazard perception task
in adults with autism spectrum disorders |
| title_sort | attentional differences in a driving hazard perception task
in adults with autism spectrum disorders |
| topic | Attention Autism spectrum disorders Driving Eye-tracking Hazard perception |
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