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ArticlePloS one2020

Studying global processing in autism and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder with gaze movements: The example of a copying task.

D Seernani, C Ioannou, K Damania, K Spindler, H Hill, T Foulsham, N Smyrnis, S Bender, C Fleischhaker, M Biscaldi and 2 more

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Article in PloS one, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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12 authors at 6 institutions in 4 countries.

D SeernaniClinic for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics, Medical Faculty, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-7125-9058
C IoannouClinic for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics, Medical Faculty, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany.
K DamaniaIndependent Researcher, Seattle, Washington, United States of America.
K SpindlerClinic for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics, Medical Faculty, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany.
H HillInstitute of Sports and Sports Sciences, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Karlsruhe, Germany.
T FoulshamDepartment of Psychology, University of Essex, Colchester, England, United Kingdom.
N SmyrnisDepartment of Psychiatry, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece.
S BenderDepartment of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Medical Faculty, University of Cologne, Köln, Germany.
C FleischhakerClinic for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics, Medical Faculty, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany.
M BiscaldiClinic for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics, Medical Faculty, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany.
U Ebner-PriemerInstitute of Sports and Sports Sciences, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Karlsruhe, Germany.
C KleinClinic for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics, Medical Faculty, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-9451-4699
University of Freiburg · DEKarlsruhe Institute of Technology · DEIndependent Sector · USNational and Kapodistrian University of Athens · GRUniversity of Cologne · DEUniversity of Essex · GB

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Recent discussions in the literature, along with the revision of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM) (American Psychiatric Association 2013), suggest aetiological commonalities between the highly comorbid Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). Addressing this discussion requires studying these disorders together by comparing constructs typical to each of them. In the present study, we investigate global processing, known to be difficult for participants with ASD, and Intra-Subject Variability (ISV), known to be consistently increased in participants with ADHD, in groups, aged 10-13 years, with ADHD (n = 25), ASD without comorbid ADHD (ASD-) (n = 13) and ASD with ADHD (ASD+) (n = 18) in comparison with a typically developing group (n = 22). A Copying task, typically requiring global processing and in this case particularly designed using equally complex stimuli to also measure ISV across trials, was selected. Oculomotor measures in this task proved to be particularly sensitive to group differences. While increased ISV was not observed in the present task in participants with ADHD, both ASD groups looked longer on the figure to be drawn, indicating that global processing takes longer in ASD. However, the ASD+ group fixated on the figure only between drawing movements, whereas the ASD- group did this throughout the drawing process. The present study provides evidence towards ASD and ADHD being separate, not-overlapping, disorders. Since the pure ASD- group was affected more by central coherence problems than the ASD+ group, it may suggest that neuropsychological constructs interact differently in different clinical groups and sub-groups.

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MovementPsychomotor PerformanceAdolescentAttention Deficit Disorder with HyperactivityAutism Spectrum DisorderChildFemaleHumansMale

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PMID32497045
PMCPMC7272031
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