Local visual perception bias in children with high-functioning autism spectrum disorders: do we have the whole picture?

Falkmer, MaritaJönköping University,HLK, CHILD,Curtin University, Australia; Jonköping University, Sweden (author)

Objective: While local bias in visual processing in children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) has been reported to result in difficulties in recognizing faces and facially expressed emotions, but superior ability in disembedding figures, associations between these abilities within a group of children with and without ASD have not been explored.Methods: Possible associations in performance on the Visual Perception Skills Figure–Ground test, a face recognition test and an emotion recognition test were investigated within 25 8–12-years-old children with high-functioning autism/Asperger syndrome, and in comparison to 33 typically developing children.Results: Analyses indicated a weak positive correlation between accuracy in Figure–Ground recognition and emotion recognition. No other correlation estimates were significant.Conclusion: These findings challenge both the enhanced perceptual function hypothesis and the weak central coherence hypothesis, and accentuate the importance of further scrutinizing the existance and nature of local visual bias in ASD.

MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP Medicinska och farmaceutiska grundvetenskaper hsv//swe
MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES Basic Medicine hsv//eng
Central coherence
embedded figures
emotion recognition
enhanced perceptual function hypothesis
face recognition

Black, MelissaSchool of Occupational Therapy & Social Work, Curtin Health Innovation Research Institute (CHIRI), Curtin University, Perth, Western Australia (author)
Tang, JuliaSchool of Occupational Therapy & Social Work, Curtin Health Innovation Research Institute (CHIRI), Curtin University, Perth, Western Australia (author)
Fitzgerald, PatrickSchool of Occupational Therapy & Social Work, Curtin Health Innovation Research Institute (CHIRI), Curtin University, Perth, Western Australia (author)
Girdler, SonyaSchool of Occupational Therapy & Social Work, Curtin Health Innovation Research Institute (CHIRI), Curtin University, Perth, Western Australia (author)
Leung, DeniseSchool of Occupational Therapy & Social Work, Curtin Health Innovation Research Institute (CHIRI), Curtin University, Perth, Western Australia (author)
Ordqvist, AnnaLinköpings universitet,Avdelningen för samhällsmedicin,Medicinska fakulteten,Region Östergötland, Smärt och rehabiliteringscentrum(Swepub:liu)n/a (author)
Tan, TeleDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, Curtin University, Perth, Western Australia, Australia (author)
Falkmer, TorbjörnLinköpings universitet,Jönköping University,HHJ. CHILD,Avdelningen för samhällsmedicin,Medicinska fakulteten,Region Östergötland, Smärt och rehabiliteringscentrum,Curtin University, Australia(Swepub:liu)Torfa41 (author)
Jahan, IshratCurtin University, Australia (author)
Jönköping UniversityHLK, CHILD (creator_code:org_t)

In:Developmental Neurorehabilitation: Informa UK Limited19:2, s. 117-1221751-84231751-8431

By the author/editor: Falkmer, Marita; Black, Melissa; Tang, Julia; Fitzgerald, Patr ...; Girdler, Sonya; Leung, Denise; show more...; Ordqvist, Anna; Tan, Tele; Falkmer, Torbjör ...; Jahan, Ishrat; show less...

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