Brief Report: Driving Hazard Perception in Autism

Autor/inn/en	Sheppard, Elizabeth; Ropar, Danielle; Underwood, Geoffrey; van Loon, Editha
Titel	Brief Report: Driving Hazard Perception in Autism
Quelle	In: Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 40 (2010) 4, S.504-508 (5 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0162-3257
DOI	10.1007/s10803-009-0890-5
Schlagwörter	Video Technology; Autism; Males; Motor Vehicles; Pervasive Developmental Disorders; Adults; Comparative Analysis; Vignettes; Traffic Safety; Social Influences; Responses + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Autismus; Male; Männliches Geschlecht; Motor vehicle; Kraftwagen; Sozialer Einfluss
Abstract	This study investigated whether individuals with ASD (autistic spectrum disorders) are able to identify driving hazards, given their difficulties processing social information, Klin et al. ("Archives of General Psychiatry" 59: 809-816, 2002). Twenty-three adult males with ASD and 21 comparison participants viewed 10 video clips containing driving hazards. In half of the clips the source of the hazard was a visible person (social); in the other half the source was a car (non-social). Participants with ASD identified fewer social hazards than the comparison participants (U = 163.00, N = 44, p less than 0.05) but not non-social. Participants with ASD were also slower to respond than comparison participants, F(1,40) = 4.93, p less than 0.05. This suggests that, although people with ASD can perceive driving hazards they may have specific difficulty identifying them if they involve a person. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10