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ArticleJournal of autism and developmental disorders2016

Ultra-Rapid Categorization of Meaningful Real-Life Scenes in Adults With and Without ASD.

Steven Vanmarcke, Ruth Van Der Hallen, Kris Evers, Ilse Noens, Jean Steyaert, Johan Wagemans

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Article in Journal of autism and developmental disorders, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.

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Steven VanmarckeLaboratory of Experimental Psychology, Department of Brain and Cognition, University of Leuven (KU Leuven), 3000, Louvain, Belgium. steven.vanmarcke@ppw.kuleuven.be.
Ruth Van Der HallenLaboratory of Experimental Psychology, Department of Brain and Cognition, University of Leuven (KU Leuven), 3000, Louvain, Belgium.
Kris EversLaboratory of Experimental Psychology, Department of Brain and Cognition, University of Leuven (KU Leuven), 3000, Louvain, Belgium.
Ilse NoensLeuven Autism Research (LAuRes), KU Leuven, Louvain, Belgium.
Jean SteyaertDepartment of Child Psychiatry, UPC-KU Leuven, Louvain, Belgium.
Johan WagemansLaboratory of Experimental Psychology, Department of Brain and Cognition, University of Leuven (KU Leuven), 3000, Louvain, Belgium.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In comparison to typically developing (TD) individuals, people with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) appear to be worse in the fast extraction of the global meaning of a situation or picture. Ultra-rapid categorization [paradigm developed by Thorpe et al. (Nature 381:520-522, 1996)] involves such global information processing. We therefore tested a group of adults with and without ASD, without intellectual disability, on a set of ultra-rapid categorization tasks. Individuals with ASD performed equally well as TD individuals except when the task required the categorization of social interactions. These results argue against a general deficit in ultra-rapid gist perception in people with ASD, while suggesting a more specific problem with the fast processing of information about social relations.

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Interpersonal RelationsMental ProcessesAutism Spectrum DisorderCase-Control StudiesFemaleHumansMalePsychomotor PerformanceTime FactorsYoung AdultAutism spectrum disorderReverse hierarchy theoryTheory of mindUltra-rapid categorizationVision research

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