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| Title |
Decreased Coherent Motion Discrimination in Autism Spectrum Disorder: The Role of Attentional Zoom-Out Deficit
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| Published in |
PLOS ONE, November 2012
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| DOI | 10.1371/journal.pone.0049019 |
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| Authors |
Luca Ronconi, Simone Gori, Milena Ruffino, Sandro Franceschini, Barbara Urbani, Massimo Molteni, Andrea Facoetti |
| Abstract |
Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) has been associated with decreased coherent dot motion (CDM) performance, a task that measures magnocellular sensitivity as well as fronto-parietal attentional integration processing. In order to clarify the role of spatial attention in CDM tasks, we measured the perception of coherently moving dots displayed in the central or peripheral visual field in ASD and typically developing children. A dorsal-stream deficit in children with ASD should predict a generally poorer performance in both conditions. In our study, however, we show that in children with ASD, CDM perception was selectively impaired in the central condition. In addition, in the ASD group, CDM efficiency was correlated to the ability to zoom out the attentional focus. Importantly, autism symptoms severity was related to both the CDM and attentional zooming-out impairment. These findings suggest that a dysfunction in the attentional network might help to explain decreased CDM discrimination as well as the "core" social cognition deficits of ASD. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 50% |
| Egypt | 1 | 25% |
| Canada | 1 | 25% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Scientists | 2 | 50% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 1 | 25% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 1 | 25% |
Mendeley readers
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 3 | 4% |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1% |
| Italy | 1 | 1% |
| Unknown | 70 | 93% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Researcher | 16 | 21% |
| Student > Master | 11 | 15% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 7 | 9% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 7 | 9% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 7 | 9% |
| Other | 15 | 20% |
| Unknown | 12 | 16% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Psychology | 21 | 28% |
| Neuroscience | 13 | 17% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 10 | 13% |
| Social Sciences | 4 | 5% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 3 | 4% |
| Other | 8 | 11% |
| Unknown | 16 | 21% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 2. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 13 June 2013.
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