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A specific autistic trait that modulates visuospatial illusion susceptibility

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Walter, Elizabeth, Dassonville, Paul, Bochsler, Tiana M.·2009·Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

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Although several accounts of autism have predicted that the disorder should be associated with a decreased susceptibility to visual illusions, previous experimental results have been mixed. This study examined whether a link between autism and illusion susceptibility can be more convincingly demonstrated by assessing the relationships between susceptibility and the extent to which several individual autistic traits are exhibited as a continuum in a population of college students. A significant relationship was observed between the systemizing trait and susceptibility to a subset of the tested illusions (the rod-and-frame, Roelofs, Ponzo and Poggendorff illusions). These results provide support for the idea that autism involves an imbalance between the processing of local and global cues, more heavily weighted toward local features than in the typically developed individual.

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  • Walter et al. (2009) found that susceptibility to the Zöllner, Rod-and-frame, Roelofs, Ponzo and Poggendorff illusions related to score on the SQ, such that immunity to these illusions was associated with a high Systemizing Quotient.

    “Walter et al.'s (2009) key result was that susceptibility to the Zöllner, Rod-and-frame, Roelofs, Ponzo and Poggendorff illusions related to score on the SQ, such that immunity to these illusions was associated with a high Systemizing Quotient.”

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Authors
Walter, E., Dassonville, P., & Bochsler, T. M.
Affiliations
  • University of Oregon (US)
  • University of Minnesota (US)
Corresponding author
Dassonville, Paul
Venue
Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders
Published
2008-08-08
Volume
39
Issue
2
Pages
339-349
ISSN
  • 0162-3257 (ISSN-L)
  • 1573-3432
OpenAlex
W1995733852
Cited by
95
References
78
Citations by year
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FWCI
1.89
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
Funders
  • National Institutes of Health
  • National Institute of General Medical Sciences (5 T32GM 07257, T32GM007257)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Autism Spectrum Disorder Research
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Visual perception and processing mechanisms
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Face Recognition and Perception
Keywords
autism spectrum disorder, autistic traits, illusion susceptibility, systemizing, global-local processing, Ponzo illusion, Poggendorff illusion, university students
MeSH terms
Adolescent, Autistic Disorder, Cues, Female, Humans, Illusions, Male, Optical Illusions, Orientation, Pattern Recognition, Visual, Photic Stimulation, Space Perception, Task Performance and Analysis, Visual Perception, Young Adult

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