Τίτλος:
Visual search in ADHD, ASD and ASD + ADHD: overlapping or dissociating disorders?
Γλώσσες Τεκμηρίου:
Αγγλικά
Περίληψη:
Recent debates in the literature discuss commonalities between Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) at multiple levels of putative causal networks. This debate requires systematic comparisons between these disorders that have been studied in isolation in the past, employing potential markers of each disorder to be investigated in tandem. The present study, choose superior local processing, typical to ASD, and increased Intra-Subject Variability (ISV), typical to ADHD, for a head-to-head comparison of the two disorders, while also considering the comorbid cases. It directly examined groups of participants aged 10–13 years with ADHD, ASD with (ASD+) or without (ASD−) comorbid ADHD and a typically developing (TD) group (total N = 85). A visual search task consisting of an array of paired words was designed. The participants needed to find the specific pair of words, where the first word in the pair was the cue word. This visual search task was selected to compare these groups on overall search performance and trial-to-trial variability of search performance (i.e., ISV). Additionally, scanpath analysis was also carried out using Recurrence Quantification Analysis (RQA) and the Multi-Match Model. Results show that only the ASD− group exhibited superior search performance; whereas, only the groups with ADHD symptoms showed increased ISV. These findings point towards a double dissociation between ASD and ADHD, and argue against an overlap between ASD and ADHD. © 2020, The Author(s).
Συγγραφείς:
Seernani, D.
Damania, K.
Ioannou, C.
Penkalla, N.
Hill, H.
Foulsham, T.
Kingstone, A.
Anderson, N.
Boccignone, G.
Bender, S.
Smyrnis, N.
Biscaldi, M.
Ebner-Priemer, U.
Klein, C.
Περιοδικό:
European Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Εκδότης:
Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
Λέξεις-κλειδιά:
adjustment disorder; apraxia; Article; attention deficit disorder; autism; Autism Diagnostic Interview Revised; child; comorbidity; depression; disease association; double dissociation; dyscalculia; emotional disorder; endophenotype; enuresis; eye movement; female; human; intelligence quotient; language disability; major clinical study; male; obsessive compulsive disorder; phobia; school child; sleep walking; social phobia; tic; Wechsler intelligence scale for children; adolescent; attention deficit disorder; autism; dissociative disorder, Adolescent; Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity; Autism Spectrum Disorder; Child; Dissociative Disorders; Female; Humans; Male
DOI:
10.1007/s00787-020-01535-2
