The Effect of Visual Perceptual Load on Auditory Awareness in Autism Spectrum Disorder

摘要: Recent work on visual selective attention has shown that individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) demonstrate an increased perceptual capacity. The current study examined whether increasing load also less of effect auditory awareness in children ASD. Participants performed either a high- or low version line discrimination task. On critical trial, unexpected, task-irrelevant stimulus was played concurrently the stimulus. In contrast to typically developing (TD) children, ASD demonstrated similar detection rates across conditions, and reported greater than TD high condition. These findings suggest capacity operates sensory modalities.