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Bayliss, Andrew P. 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4810-7758 and Kritikos, Ada
(2010)
Brief report: Perceptual load and the autism spectrum in typically developed individuals.
Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 41.
pp. 1573-1578.
ISSN 1573-3432
Abstract
A fundamental task of the cognitive system is to prioritize behaviourally relevant sensory inputs for processing at the expense of irrelevant inputs. In a study of neurotypical participants (n = 179), we utilized a brief flanker interference task while varying the perceptual load of the visual display. Typically, increasing perceptual load (i.e., with greater numbers of search items) reduces interference from a competing peripheral distractor. We show that individuals who score above average on the Autism Spectrum Quotient (AQ) show stronger interference at high perceptual load than individuals with below-average AQ scores. This is consistent with recent findings in individuals with autism spectrum conditions, and supports the idea that the cognitive style of the autistic brain is reflected in a broader phenotype across the population.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | \'a visual se,spectrum quotient \'a,perceptual load \'a attention,flanker task \'a autism |
| Faculty \ School: | Faculty of Social Sciences > School of Psychology |
| UEA Research Groups: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Groups > Social Cognition Research Group Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Groups > Cognition, Action and Perception Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Centres > Centre for Behavioural and Experimental Social Sciences |
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| Depositing User: | Pure Connector |
| Date Deposited: | 22 Oct 2015 14:01 |
| Last Modified: | 22 Apr 2023 00:07 |
| URI: | https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/54765 |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s10803-010-1159-8 |
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