[article] 
inAutism > 13-3 (May 2009) . - p.229-243

Titre :	Divided attention capacity in adults with autism spectrum disorders and without intellectual disability
Type de document :	Texte imprimé et/ou numérique
Auteurs :	Hans BOGTE, Auteur ; Jaap VAN DER MEERE, Auteur ; Herman VAN ENGELAND, Auteur ; Bert FLAMMA, Auteur
Année de publication :	2009
Article en page(s) :	p.229-243
Langues :	Anglais (eng)
Mots-clés :	adults ASD executive-function prefrontal-cortex reaction-time
Index. décimale :	PER Périodiques
Résumé :	Earlier research showed that divided attention, an aspect of executive function, is limited in both children and adults with autism spectrum disorders (ASDs). The current study explored divided attention capacity in adults with ASD and without intellectual disability (n = 36). Divided attention was tested using a computerized variant of a well-known memory recognition test, with two levels of cognitive load. The effect of cognitive load on reaction time performance is considered to be inversely proportional to divided attention capacity. The study failed to provide a relationship between divided attention and ASD, contrary to earlier research. Findings indicated that only the adults with ASD who used medication had a divided attention deficit, and that this group had specific difficulty reaching a binary decision in a memory search task. An additional finding was that the participants with ASD were overall slow. Possible causes and implications of these findings are discussed.
En ligne :	http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1362361309103793
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[article] Divided attention capacity in adults with autism spectrum disorders and without intellectual disability [Texte imprimé et/ou numérique] / Hans BOGTE, Auteur ; Jaap VAN DER MEERE, Auteur ; Herman VAN ENGELAND, Auteur ; Bert FLAMMA, Auteur . - 2009 . - p.229-243.
Langues : Anglais (eng)
in Autism > 13-3 (May 2009) . - p.229-243

Mots-clés :	adults ASD executive-function prefrontal-cortex reaction-time
Index. décimale :	PER Périodiques
Résumé :	Earlier research showed that divided attention, an aspect of executive function, is limited in both children and adults with autism spectrum disorders (ASDs). The current study explored divided attention capacity in adults with ASD and without intellectual disability (n = 36). Divided attention was tested using a computerized variant of a well-known memory recognition test, with two levels of cognitive load. The effect of cognitive load on reaction time performance is considered to be inversely proportional to divided attention capacity. The study failed to provide a relationship between divided attention and ASD, contrary to earlier research. Findings indicated that only the adults with ASD who used medication had a divided attention deficit, and that this group had specific difficulty reaching a binary decision in a memory search task. An additional finding was that the participants with ASD were overall slow. Possible causes and implications of these findings are discussed.
En ligne :	http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1362361309103793
Permalink :	https://www.cra-rhone-alpes.org/cid/opac_css/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=728