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Ruth Van der Hallen1,2,3, Rebecca Chamberlain4,5, Lee de-Wit4,6
1Laboratory of Experimental Psychology, Department of Brain and Cognition, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium. vanderhallen@essb.eur.nl.
Abstract:
Since its initial development, the embedded figures test (EFT) has been used extensively to measure local-global perceptual style. However, little is known about the perceptual factors that influence target detection. The current study aimed to investigate disembedding in children with and without ASD, aged 8-15 years, using the newly developed, stimulus-controlled L-EFT, M-EFT and D-EFT. Firstly, results revealed superior disembedding for children with ASD, irrespective of the type of target or embedding context, although the ASD group took more time in both the M-EFT and D-EFT. Secondly, the number of target lines continuing into the context proved more of a hindrance for the controls. Taken together, these findings provide strong evidence to support the notion of superior disembedding in ASD.
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