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SUBMITTER: Ring M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5948263 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Ring Melanie M Gaigg Sebastian B SB Altgassen Mareike M Barr Peter P Bowler Dermot M DM
Journal of autism and developmental disorders 20180601 6
Individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) present difficulties in forming relations among items and context. This capacity for relational binding is also involved in spatial navigation and research on this topic in ASD is scarce and inconclusive. Using a computerised version of the Morris Water Maze task, ASD participants showed particular difficulties in performing viewpoint independent (allocentric) navigation, leaving viewpoint dependent navigation (egocentric) intact. Further analyses ...[more]