Attention function and dysfunction in autism
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Impairments of attention are among the most consistently reported cognitive deficits in autism, and they continue to be a key focus of research. This is in no doubt due to the importance of normal attention function to the development of many so-called "higher level" cognitive operations, and to the likely involvement of attention dysfunction in certain clinical features of autism. Autistic individuals display a wide range of attentional abilities and deficits across the many domains of attention function, including selective, sustained, spatial, and shifting attention operations. This unique pattern of attention function and dysfunction has profound implications for the development and treatment of autistic children. The present review will explore this pattern of attentional strengths and weaknesses and the neural defects that underlie them.
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The negative relationship between RRB scores and BOLD activation in brain regions associated with executive and attentional processes might indicate that repetitive behaviors in autism are driven, at least in part, by more general deficits in attention, target detection, and response preparation.
“This negative relationship between RRB scores and BOLD activation in brain regions associated with executive and attentional processes (45–47) might indicate that repetitive behaviors in autism are driven, at least in part, by more general deficits in attention, target detection, and response preparation (48).”
From The Neural Circuitry Mediating Shifts in Behavioral Response and Cognitive Set in Autism (2008) · cites this paper as [48]
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- Authors
- Allen, G.
- Affiliations
- San Diego State University (US)
- Corresponding author
- Allen, Greg
- ORCID
- Allen, Greg
- Venue
- Frontiers in Bioscience
- Publisher
- IMR Press
- Published
- 2001
- Volume
- 6
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- d105
- ISSN
- 1093-4715 (ISSN-L)
- 1093-9946
- OpenAlex
- W2040739567
- Cited by
- 256
- References
- 83
- Citations by year
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- FWCI
- 0.38
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Locations
- Frontiers in bioscience (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- U.S. Public Health Service (R01-H36840)
- National Institute of Mental Health
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Autism Spectrum Disorder Research
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Child and Animal Learning Development
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Genetics › Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders
- Keywords
- autism spectrum disorder, attention, attention deficits, selective attention, sustained attention, spatial attention, attentional shift, cognitive development, neural basis of attention, children with autism
- MeSH terms
- Attention, Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity, Autistic Disorder, Child, Discrimination, Psychological, Evoked Potentials, Humans, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Parietal Lobe
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