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Visual search tasks reveal that children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and typically developing (TD) children process visual information similarly when distractors are present. However, task instructions uniquely affect visual processing in children with ASD compared to TD children.

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  • Developmental Psychology
  • Cognitive Science

Background:

  • Mid-level visual processing differences between individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and typically developing (TD) individuals are often studied using visual search.
  • Understanding these differences is crucial for developing targeted interventions.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the impact of task distractors and task instructions on local-global visual processing in children with ASD versus TD children.
  • To assess how Gaborized stimuli in visual search paradigms reveal group differences.

Main Methods:

  • Two visual search paradigms using Gaborized stimuli were employed.
  • Experiment 1 examined the effect of distractor presence/absence.
  • Experiment 2 examined the effect of task instruction.

Main Results:

  • Both ASD and TD children showed equal sensitivity to distractors, irrespective of target or distractor type.
  • Task instructions had a differential effect on ASD children compared to TD children, independent of target type.

Conclusions:

  • Task factors, specifically instructions, play a significant role in modulating local-global visual processing in children with ASD.
  • These findings highlight the importance of considering task design in visual processing research for ASD.