Alteration of attentional blink in high functioning autism: a pilot study.
J Autism Dev Disord. 2009-07-28; 39(11): 1522-1528
DOI: 10.1007/s10803-009-0821-5
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1. J Autism Dev Disord. 2009 Nov;39(11):1522-8. doi: 10.1007/s10803-009-0821-5.
Epub 2009 Jul 28.
Alteration of attentional blink in high functioning autism: a pilot study.
Amirault M(1), Etchegoyhen K, Delord S, Mendizabal S, Kraushaar C, Hesling I,
Allard M, Bouvard M, Mayo W.
Author information:
(1)Lab Imagerie Fonctionnelle et Moléculaire, CNRS UMR 5231, Université de
Bordeaux 2, 33000 Bordeaux, France.
Autism is characterized by deficits in attention. However, no study has
investigated the dynamics of attentional processes in autistic patients yet. The
attentional blink (AB) paradigm provides information about the temporal dynamics
of attention in particular about the allocation and the duration of an
attentional episode. We compared 11 high functioning autistic patients with 15
control participants on a classical AB task. Autistic patients exhibited a
deficit in rapidly allocated attentional resources. Further investigations such
as coupling AB evaluation with neuroimaging data and/or increasing the size of
groups, would allow for investigating the neurobiological substrates of these AB
alterations in autistic patients.
DOI: 10.1007/s10803-009-0821-5
PMID: 19636692 [Indexed for MEDLINE]