TY - JOUR
T1 - Attentional Mechanisms in Autism, ADHD, and Autism-ADHD Using a Local–Global Paradigm
AU - Gargaro, Belinda Anne
AU - May, Tamara
AU - Tonge, Bruce John
AU - Sheppard, Dianne Melinda
AU - Bradshaw, John Lockyer
AU - Rinehart, Nicole Joan
PY - 2018/12/1
Y1 - 2018/12/1
N2 - Cognitive flexibility or attentional set-shifting capacity has long been considered a core area of executive dysfunction for individuals with autism. Whether these difficulties are due to higher-level attentional difficulties associated with comorbid ADHD remains unclear. Method: The current study compared the performance of 48 participants with autism, ADHD, autism-ADHD, and a comparison group (N = 12 per group) on a set-shifting task, which included a local?global paradigm. Results: Results of this study revealed that participants with attentional
difficulties (autism + ADHD and ADHD alone) exhibited a significant shifting cost (difference between maintaining and shifting attention). Conclusion: Attentional difficulties associated with ADHD may be associated with an enhanced attentional shifting cost. Implications of these results were discussed in relation to screening for ADHD symptoms in studies of individuals with autism which seek to determine the neuropsychological profile of this condition
AB - Cognitive flexibility or attentional set-shifting capacity has long been considered a core area of executive dysfunction for individuals with autism. Whether these difficulties are due to higher-level attentional difficulties associated with comorbid ADHD remains unclear. Method: The current study compared the performance of 48 participants with autism, ADHD, autism-ADHD, and a comparison group (N = 12 per group) on a set-shifting task, which included a local?global paradigm. Results: Results of this study revealed that participants with attentional
difficulties (autism + ADHD and ADHD alone) exhibited a significant shifting cost (difference between maintaining and shifting attention). Conclusion: Attentional difficulties associated with ADHD may be associated with an enhanced attentional shifting cost. Implications of these results were discussed in relation to screening for ADHD symptoms in studies of individuals with autism which seek to determine the neuropsychological profile of this condition
U2 - 10.1177/1087054715603197
DO - 10.1177/1087054715603197
M3 - Article
SN - 1087-0547
VL - 22
SP - 1320
EP - 1332
JO - Journal of Attention Disorders
JF - Journal of Attention Disorders
IS - 14
ER -