Autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) are developmental disorders which are thought primarily
to affect social functioning. However, there is now a growing body of evidence that unusual …

Impairments in visual disengagement are a current focus of research in autism spectrum
disorders (ASD) and may play a key role in the early expression of social–emotional deficits …

Impairments in executive abilities such as cognitive flexibility have been identified in
individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). It remains unclear, however, whether such …

It has been suggested that the locus of selective attention (early vs. late in processing) is
dependent on the perceptual load of the task. When perceptual load is low, irrelevant …

Resistance to distractor inhibition tasks have previously revealed impairments in children
with autism. However, on the classic Stroop task and other prepotent response tasks …

Atypical attention, while not a diagnostic feature, is common in individuals with autism
spectrum disorders (ASD). The study of these atypicalities has recently gained in both …

There has been considerable focus placed on how individuals with autism spectrum
disorder (ASD) visually perceive and attend to social information, such as facial expressions …

This essay answers the question of why autistic children are less likely to initiate joint
attention (eg, use their index finger to point to indicate interest in something) and why they …

Background Response inhibition, an important domain of executive function (EF), involves
the ability to suppress irrelevant or interfering information and impulses. Previous studies …

Autistic spectrum disorders (ASD) are devastating neurodevelopmental disorders of
unknown aetiology with characteristic deficits in social interaction, communication and …