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Pre-Attentional Effects on Global Precedence Processing in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder and Those with
Yumi Ju1, Soyoung Kang2, Jin-Wook Chung3
1Human Development and Rehabilitation, Graduate School of Education Service Science, Dongguk University, Seoul 04620, Republic of Korea.
Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland)
|February 11, 2023
Summary
Children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) do not show the typical pre-attentive global precedence effect seen in typically developing (TD) children. This difference in visual processing may help identify visual perception issues in ASD.
Area of Science:
- Neuroscience
- Developmental Psychology
- Cognitive Science
Background:
- Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is a neurodevelopmental condition characterized by social and communication challenges.
- Global precedence processing refers to the tendency to perceive the global form before local details.
- Pre-attentional effects influence how individuals process visual information before conscious awareness.
Purpose of the Study:
- To investigate pre-attentional effects on global precedence processing in children with ASD compared to typically developing (TD) children.
- To characterize differences in visual processing strategies between these two groups.
- To explore potential implications for screening visual perception problems in ASD.
Main Methods:
- A tablet-based visual processing task was administered to 17 participants (8 with ASD, 9 TD).
- Participants identified global or local figures under neutral, congruent, and incongruent conditions.
- Measures included percentage of correct answers and reaction time (RT).
Main Results:
- Children with ASD showed significant differences in both accuracy and RT across conditions.
- TD children showed differences in RT but not accuracy.
- TD children exhibited a pre-attentive global precedence effect, unlike children with ASD.
Conclusions:
- Conflicting visual processes impact behavioral and cognitive functions in children with ASD.
- Cognitive effort affects TD children's behavior, but not their underlying processes.
- The absence of a pre-attentive global precedence effect in ASD may inform visual perception assessments.

