| Young Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder Do Not Preferentially Attend to Biological Motion. | |
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PMID: 21547412 Owner: NLM Status: Publisher |
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Preferential attention to biological motion can be seen in typically developing infants in the first few days of life and is thought to be an important precursor in the development of social communication. We examined whether children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) aged 3-7 years preferentially attend to point-light displays depicting biological motion. We found that children with ASD did not preferentially attend to biological motion over phase-scrambled motion, but did preferentially attend to a point-light display of a spinning top rather than a human walker. In contrast a neurotypical matched control group preferentially attended to the human, biological motion in both conditions. The results suggest a core deficit in attending to biological motion in ASD. |
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Dagmara Annaz; Ruth Campbell; Mike Coleman; Elizabeth Milne; John Swettenham |
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Type: JOURNAL ARTICLE Date: 2011-5-6 |
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Title: Journal of autism and developmental disorders Volume: - ISSN: 1573-3432 ISO Abbreviation: - Publication Date: 2011 May |
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Created Date: 2011-5-6 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 7904301 Medline TA: J Autism Dev Disord Country: - |
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Languages: ENG Pagination: - Citation Subset: - |
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Division of Psychology and Language Science, Department of Developmental Sciences, University College London, Chandler House, 2 Wakefield Street, London, WC1N 1PF, UK. |
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