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Falter-Wagner, Christine M., Bloch, Carola ORCID: 0000-0002-5234-0336, Robles, Marta, Horch, Lea, Vogeley, Kai ORCID: 0000-0002-5891-5831 and Georgescu, Alexandra Livia (2022). Figure-Disembedding Is Inferior in Non-autistic Compared to Autistic Individuals but Can Be Improved by Training. Front. Psychol., 13. LAUSANNE: FRONTIERS MEDIA SA. ISSN 1664-1078

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Abstract

BackgroundFigure-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. MethodThe 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. ResultsParticipants 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. ConclusionFigure-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.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID ORCID Put Code Falter-Wagner, Christine M. UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Bloch, Carola UNSPECIFIED orcid.org/0000-0002-5234-0336 UNSPECIFIED Robles, Marta UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Horch, Lea UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Vogeley, Kai UNSPECIFIED orcid.org/0000-0002-5891-5831 UNSPECIFIED Georgescu, Alexandra Livia UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED
URN:	urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-685635
DOI:	10.3389/fpsyg.2022.857630
Journal or Publication Title:	Front. Psychol.
Volume:	13
Date:	2022
Publisher:	FRONTIERS MEDIA SA
Place of Publication:	LAUSANNE
ISSN:	1664-1078
Language:	English
Faculty:	Unspecified
Divisions:	Unspecified
Subjects:	no entry
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Keywords Language HIGH-FUNCTIONING AUTISM; SPECTRUM DISORDERS; ASPERGER-SYNDROME; MIRROR SYMMETRY; COGNITIVE-STYLE; LOCAL BIAS; CHILDREN; PERCEPTION; PERFORMANCE; SUPERIOR Multiple languages Psychology, Multidisciplinary Multiple languages
URI:	http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/68563