[article]
| Titre : |
Are Individuals with Autism and Asperger's Syndrome Susceptible to Visual Illusions ? |
| Type de document : |
Texte imprimé et/ou numérique |
| Auteurs : |
Danielle ROPAR, Auteur ; Peter MITCHELL, Auteur |
| Année de publication : |
1999 |
| Article en page(s) : |
p.1283-1293 |
| Langues : |
Anglais (eng) |
| Mots-clés : |
Autism Asperger's syndrome weak central coherence illusions |
| Index. décimale : |
PER Périodiques |
| Résumé : |
A recent finding that individuals with autism are not susceptible to illusions has been explained by Happé (1996) as a sign of “weak central coherence” at lower levels of processing. We investigated the phenomenon with a more sophisticated measure. In Experiment 1, individuals with autism, Asperger's syndrome, moderate learning difficulties, and typical development adjusted certain comparison lines and circles to make them appear to be the same size in four visual illusions. With a minor exception, the participants with autism and Asperger's syndrome evinced a systematic bias in their judgements in the illusion condition. The extent of this was no different from control participants. In a second experiment, a similar finding was obtained in a task where participants made verbal judgements about the stimuli. The results suggest that lower-level coherence in visual processing in autism is intact. |
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in Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry > 40-8 (November 1999) . - p.1283-1293
[article] Are Individuals with Autism and Asperger's Syndrome Susceptible to Visual Illusions ? [Texte imprimé et/ou numérique] / Danielle ROPAR, Auteur ; Peter MITCHELL, Auteur . - 1999 . - p.1283-1293. Langues : Anglais ( eng) in Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry > 40-8 (November 1999) . - p.1283-1293
| Mots-clés : |
Autism Asperger's syndrome weak central coherence illusions |
| Index. décimale : |
PER Périodiques |
| Résumé : |
A recent finding that individuals with autism are not susceptible to illusions has been explained by Happé (1996) as a sign of “weak central coherence” at lower levels of processing. We investigated the phenomenon with a more sophisticated measure. In Experiment 1, individuals with autism, Asperger's syndrome, moderate learning difficulties, and typical development adjusted certain comparison lines and circles to make them appear to be the same size in four visual illusions. With a minor exception, the participants with autism and Asperger's syndrome evinced a systematic bias in their judgements in the illusion condition. The extent of this was no different from control participants. In a second experiment, a similar finding was obtained in a task where participants made verbal judgements about the stimuli. The results suggest that lower-level coherence in visual processing in autism is intact. |
| Permalink : |
https://www.cra-rhone-alpes.org/cid/opac_css/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=125 |
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Are Individuals with Autism and Asperger's Syndrome Susceptible to Visual Illusions ? in Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 40-8 (November 1999)