Figure-Disembedding Is Inferior in Non-autistic Compared to Autistic Individuals but Can Be Improved by Training.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Figure-disembedding is one of the most discussed visuo-cognitive functions, in which individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) have been reported to outperform non-autistic individuals. A local processing bias has been assumed to underlie such superior performance patterns. The aim of the current study is to investigate whether processing preferences can be modified by procedural priming.

Method

The current study used a procedural priming task (Navon figures) to induce more local or global processing in 25 autistic and 21 typically developing (TD) control participants, using hierarchical figures preceding the figure-disembedding task.

Results

Participants with ASD outperformed non-autistic individuals in the unprimed baseline task version. The perform

SUBMITTER: Falter-Wagner CM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9358439 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature