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| Titre : |
Focused attention in late-diagnosed adults with autism spectrum disorder – A matter of reaction time? |
| Type de document : |
texte imprimé |
| Auteurs : |
Stefanie GROBA, Auteur ; Alexandra KNIESE, Auteur ; Stephanie DEEST-GAUBATZ, Auteur ; Johanna SEIFERT, Auteur ; Christian EBERLEIN, Auteur ; Stefan BLEICH, Auteur ; Maximilian DEEST, Auteur ; Helge FRIELING, Auteur ; Jelte WIETING, Auteur |
| Article en page(s) : |
202806 |
| Langues : |
Anglais (eng) |
| Mots-clés : |
Autism spectrum disorder Adult Focused attention Test Battery for Attention Performance (TAP) Working memory Reaction time |
| Index. décimale : |
PER Périodiques |
| Résumé : |
Diagnosing autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in adulthood is challenging due to its heterogeneity, high prevalence of co-occurring psychiatric disorders, and lack of established diagnostic measures. As deficits in basic attentional functions, in addition to core behavioral characteristics, have been associated with ASD in children and adolescents, this study examined focused attentional profiles in adults with late-diagnosed ASD without intellectual disability and compared them to a matched non-autistic control group (NC) using the Test Battery for Attention Performance (TAP). The study included 37 individuals with ASD (17 females, 20 males; mean age 33.57 ± 10.2 y) and 34 NC (18 females, 16 males; 34.0 ± 11.02 y). While qualitative performance indicators did not differ significantly, adults with ASD consistently showed longer reaction times on most TAP tests reflecting focused attention. Controlling for co-occurring depression and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, reaction time on the TAP working memory task was found to be a potential discriminator between ASD and NC, albeit with modest discriminative power. In contrast to findings in children and adolescents with ASD, adults with ASD showed temporal rather than qualitative performance deficits, suggesting a possible speed-accuracy trade-off. These findings contribute to the understanding of attentional mechanisms in adults with ASD by highlighting the importance of temporal processing in attentional tasks and suggest implications for diagnostic assessment, intervention, and remediation. |
| En ligne : |
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.reia.2026.202806 |
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https://www.cra-rhone-alpes.org/cid/opac_css/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=581 |
in Research in Autism > 131 (March 2026) . - 202806
[article] Focused attention in late-diagnosed adults with autism spectrum disorder – A matter of reaction time? [texte imprimé] / Stefanie GROBA, Auteur ; Alexandra KNIESE, Auteur ; Stephanie DEEST-GAUBATZ, Auteur ; Johanna SEIFERT, Auteur ; Christian EBERLEIN, Auteur ; Stefan BLEICH, Auteur ; Maximilian DEEST, Auteur ; Helge FRIELING, Auteur ; Jelte WIETING, Auteur . - 202806. Langues : Anglais ( eng) in Research in Autism > 131 (March 2026) . - 202806
| Mots-clés : |
Autism spectrum disorder Adult Focused attention Test Battery for Attention Performance (TAP) Working memory Reaction time |
| Index. décimale : |
PER Périodiques |
| Résumé : |
Diagnosing autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in adulthood is challenging due to its heterogeneity, high prevalence of co-occurring psychiatric disorders, and lack of established diagnostic measures. As deficits in basic attentional functions, in addition to core behavioral characteristics, have been associated with ASD in children and adolescents, this study examined focused attentional profiles in adults with late-diagnosed ASD without intellectual disability and compared them to a matched non-autistic control group (NC) using the Test Battery for Attention Performance (TAP). The study included 37 individuals with ASD (17 females, 20 males; mean age 33.57 ± 10.2 y) and 34 NC (18 females, 16 males; 34.0 ± 11.02 y). While qualitative performance indicators did not differ significantly, adults with ASD consistently showed longer reaction times on most TAP tests reflecting focused attention. Controlling for co-occurring depression and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, reaction time on the TAP working memory task was found to be a potential discriminator between ASD and NC, albeit with modest discriminative power. In contrast to findings in children and adolescents with ASD, adults with ASD showed temporal rather than qualitative performance deficits, suggesting a possible speed-accuracy trade-off. These findings contribute to the understanding of attentional mechanisms in adults with ASD by highlighting the importance of temporal processing in attentional tasks and suggest implications for diagnostic assessment, intervention, and remediation. |
| En ligne : |
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.reia.2026.202806 |
| Permalink : |
https://www.cra-rhone-alpes.org/cid/opac_css/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=581 |
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