Impaired disengagement of attention in young children with autism

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Reginald Landry · Cape Breton Regional Hospital

Susan E. Bryson · Hospital for Sick Children

Abstract

Our findings on disengagement in autism parallel those reported in normal 2-month-olds, in whom attention has been described as 'obligatory'. Discussion focuses on the potential role of general versus domain-specific processes in producing some of the core features of autism.

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Autism Spectrum Disorder Research Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Cognitive and developmental aspects of mathematical skills

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Published in: Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry

Volume 45, Issue 6, pp. 1115-1122

DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7610.2004.00304.x

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Impaired disengagement of attention in young children with autism

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