Autism, Attention, and Alpha Oscillations: An Electrophysiological Study of Attentional Capture.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is associated with deficits in adaptively orienting attention to behaviorally-relevant information. Neural oscillatory activity plays a key role in brain function and provides a high-resolution temporal marker of attention dynamics. Alpha band (8-12 Hz) activity is associated with both selecting task-relevant stimuli and filtering task-irrelevant information.

Methods

The present study used electroencephalography (EEG) to examine alpha-band oscillatory activity associated with attentional capture in nineteen children with ASD and twenty-one age- and IQ-matched typically developing (TD) children. Participants completed a rapid serial visual presentation paradigm designed to investigate responses to behaviorally-relevant targets and con

SUBMITTER: Keehn B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5695879 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature