Figure-Disembedding Is Inferior in Non-autistic Compared to Autistic Individuals but Can Be Improved by Training
Falter-Wagner, Christine M. (LMU Munich. Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy)
Bloch, Carola (Uniklinik Köln (Colònia, Alemanya))
Robles, Marta (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Psicologia Clínica i de la Salut)
Horch, Lea (Uniklinik Köln (Colònia, Alemanya))
Vogeley, Kai (Uniklinik Köln (Colònia, Alemanya))
Georgescu, Alexandra Livia (King's College London. Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience)

Fecha:	2022
Resumen:	Figure-disembedding is one of the most discussed visuo-cognitive functions, in which individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) have been reported to outperform non-autistic individuals. A local processing bias has been assumed to underlie such superior performance patterns. The aim of the current study is to investigate whether processing preferences can be modified by procedural priming. The current study used a procedural priming task (Navon figures) to induce more local or global processing in 25 autistic and 21 typically developing (TD) control participants, using hierarchical figures preceding the figure-disembedding task. Participants with ASD outperformed non-autistic individuals in the unprimed baseline task version. The performance was not modulated by priming in either direction (toward a local or global processing style) in both groups. However, the performance of TD control participants was improved by training to the same level as that observed in the ASD group. Figure-disembedding performance in ASD is superior to that in TD control participants and robust against procedural priming or training. In contrast, performance in the TD control group can be improved up to the level of the ASD group. Any studies reporting superiority in individuals with ASD in figure-disembedding should consider training effects when evaluating group differences.
Nota:	Ajuts: CB, MR, and CF were supported by the DFG (German Research Council; grant numbers: FA 876/3-1 and 876/5-1). KV was supported by the DFG (CRC 1252) and by the EC, Horizon 2020 Framework Programme, FET Proactive (Project VIRTUALTIMES; Grant agreement ID: 824128).
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Lengua:	Anglès
Documento:	Article ; recerca ; Versió publicada
Materia:	Autism Spectrum Disorder ; Local processing ; Priming ; Figure-disembedding ; Gestalt
Publicado en:	Frontiers in psychology, Vol. 13 (july 2022) , ISSN 1664-1078

DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.857630
PMID: 35959010

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