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Publication Date: 2017
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Visual Attention Processes and Oculomotor Control in Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Brief Review and Future Directions
Bellocchi, Stéphanie; Henry, Vincent; Baghdadli, Amaria
Journal of Cognitive Education and Psychology, v16 n1 p77-93 2017
Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is defined as persistent deficits in social communication and social interaction, and restricted, repetitive patterns of behavior, interests or activities Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (5th ed., DSM-5; American Psychiatric Association, 2013). However, individuals with ASD show clearly atypical visual patterns. So far, indications of abnormal visual attention and oculomotor control concerning stimuli independent of social function in ASD have been found. The same findings have been shown in individuals suffering of other neurodevelopmental disorders (e.g., developmental coordination disorder and developmental dyslexia [DD]). Furthermore, visual attention processes and oculomotor control are supposed to be subserved by the magnocellular visual system, which has been found, in turn, to be dysfunctional in ASD and other neurodevelopmental disabilities (i.e., DD). The purpose of this article is to briefly review the link between oculomotor control and visual attention processes and ASD, and to discuss the specificity and overlap of eye movement findings between ASD and other neurodevelopmental disorders.
Descriptors: Attention Control, Visual Perception, Psychomotor Skills, Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Eye Movements, Children
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