Under-reactive but easily distracted: An fMRI investigation of attentional capture in autism spectrum disorder

Under-reactive but easily distracted: An fMRI investigation of attentional capture in autism spectrum disorder

For individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), salient behaviorally-relevant information often fails to capture attention, while subtle behaviorally-irrelevant details commonly induce a state of distraction. The present study used functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) to investigate the...

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Main Authors: Brandon Keehn, Aarti Nair, Alan J. Lincoln, Jeanne Townsend, Ralph-Axel Müller
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2016-02-01
Series:Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience
Subjects:
Autism
Attention
fMRI
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1878929315300608

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