No effect of autistic traits on social attention
Evidence based on single-cue and conflicting-cues scenarios
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 15699883 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Airui Chen (0000-0003-0733-8111, Suzhou University of Science and Technology, corresponding author), Manzhi Wang (Suzhou University of Science and Technology), Meiyi Wang (0000-0001-6679-9853), Bo Dong (0000-0001-9606-5682, Suzhou University of Science and Technology) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 12 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 295-295 |
| Publication date | 2024-05-27 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | BMC Psychology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2050-7283 • E-ISSN: 2050-7283 |
| Publisher | BioMed Central (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1186/s40359-024-01777-8 |
| PMID | 38802974 |
| OpenAlex | W4399051816 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 50 |
Individuals often use others' gaze and head directions to direct their attention. To investigate the influence of autistic traits on social attention, we conducted two experiments comparing groups with high and low autistic traits in single-cue (Experiment 1) and conflicting-cue (Experiment 2) scenarios. Our findings indicate that individuals responded more rapidly to the direction of a single social cue or the consensus of multiple cues. However, we did not observe significant differences in social attention between individuals with high and low autistic traits. Notably, as the stimulus onset asynchrony (SOA) increased, individuals with low autistic traits exhibited greater improvements in reaction speed compared to those with high autistic traits. This suggests that individuals with low autistic traits excel at leveraging temporal information to optimize their behavioral readiness over time, hinting at potential variations in cognitive flexibility related to autistic traits
Autism · Autism spectrum disorder · Autistic traits · Cognitive psychology · Developmental psychology · Psychological research · Social communication · Social cue · Autism Spectrum Disorder Research · Face Recognition and Perception · Obsessive-Compulsive Spectrum Disorders · Psychology · Social Psychology
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| Highly cited | No |