Renner Peggy, Grofer Klinger Laura, Klinger Mark R
Department of Psychology, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, 35487, USA.
Child Neuropsychol. 2006 Aug;12(4-5):361-82. doi: 10.1080/09297040600770753.
Fifteen children with high-functioning Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and 15 children with typical development completed an attentional cuing task using peripheral cues (exogenous orienting) and central cues (endogenous orienting). Results showed that participants with ASD had impaired exogenous and intact endogenous orienting. The pattern of exogenous orienting was related to motor functioning. Individuals with ASD who had poor motor functioning displayed slowed exogenous orienting. However, individuals with ASD who had relatively good motor functioning showed typical levels of exogenous orienting when given a short time but decreased orienting when given a longer amount of time. These results suggest attention impairments in ASD may not be specific to social orienting and instead may represent a more general orienting impairment.
15名患有高功能自闭症谱系障碍（ASD）的儿童和15名发育正常的儿童完成了一项注意力提示任务，该任务使用外周提示（外源性定向）和中央提示（内源性定向）。结果显示，患有ASD的参与者外源性定向受损，内源性定向完好。外源性定向模式与运动功能有关。运动功能较差的ASD个体外源性定向较慢。然而，运动功能相对较好的ASD个体在短时间内表现出典型的外源性定向水平，但在较长时间内定向能力下降。这些结果表明，ASD中的注意力障碍可能并非特定于社会定向，而可能代表一种更普遍的定向障碍。
