embedded figures test autism spectrum disorder

In contrast, performance in the TD control group can be improved up to the level of the ASD group. However, the performance of TD control participants was improved by training to the same level as that observed in the ASD group.Ĭonclusion: Figure-disembedding performance in ASD is superior to that in TD control participants and robust against procedural priming or training. The performance was not modulated by priming in either direction (toward a local or global processing style) in both groups. Results: Participants with ASD outperformed non-autistic individuals in the unprimed baseline task version. 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. The aim of the current study is to investigate whether processing preferences can be modified by procedural priming. A local processing bias has been assumed to underlie such superior performance patterns. 5Department of Psychology, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King’s College London, London, United Kingdomīackground: 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.

4Institute of Neuroscience and Medicine, Cognitive Neuroscience (INM-3), Research Centre Jülich, Jülich, Germany.3Department of Clinical and Health Psychology, Autonomous University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.2Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University Hospital of Cologne, Cologne, Germany.1Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Medical Faculty, LMU Munich, Munich, Germany.Falter-Wagner 1 * Carola Bloch 1,2 Marta Robles 1,3 Lea Horch 2 Kai Vogeley 2,4 Alexandra Livia Georgescu 5

Embedded figures test autism spectrum disorder