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ERIC Number: EJ1250649
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2020-Apr
Pages: 15
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ISSN: ISSN-1362-3613
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A Cross-Task Comparison on Visuospatial Processing in Autism Spectrum Disorders
Cardillo, Ramona; Lanfranchi, Silvia; Mammarella, Irene C.
Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, v24 n3 p765-779 Apr 2020
This study aimed to draw a cross-task comparison on visuospatial processing in autism spectrum disorder without intellectual disability. Participants with autism spectrum disorder were matched with typically developing individuals on general intelligence and perceptual reasoning index. The two groups were subsequently compared on visuospatial processing speed, visuo-perceptual, visuo-constructive, and visuospatial working memory tasks. Our results revealed similar performances between autism spectrum disorder and typically developing individuals on measures of visuospatial processing speed and visuospatial working memory. The autism spectrum disorder group showed slower reaction times than the typically developing group in the visuo-perceptual task, when stimuli were characterized by a minimum level of perceptual cohesiveness, revealing weaker spatial integration abilities. Concerning the visuo-constructive domain, no differences between the autism spectrum disorder and the typically developing group emerged for the unsegmented condition, revealing that our participants with autism spectrum disorder were similar to the typically developing group in the local analysis of the stimuli. The discussion takes into account the role of individual differences on visuospatial intelligence, task requirements, and cognitive domains to clarify the visuospatial processing skills of individuals with autism spectrum disorder.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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