Open AccessDevelopment of Experimental Protocol for Visual Cognitive Function Evaluation in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders
Author(s) -
Darya Pereverzeva,
N. L. Gorbachevskaya,
Evgeny Blagovechtchenski
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
psihologičeskaâ nauka i obrazovanie
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.215
H-Index - 2
eISSN - 2311-7273
pISSN - 1814-2052
DOI - 10.17759/pse.2016210305
Subject(s) - autism , cognition , psychology , protocol (science) , test (biology) , visual perception , cognitive psychology , developmental psychology , perception , neuroscience , medicine , alternative medicine , pathology , biology , paleontology
The article aims to present experimental protocol for investigation of visual cognitive function in children and adolescents with autism spectrum disorders. Description of experimental design is introduced by theoretical review of visual attention, perception and visual-motor control development in children with idiopathic autism and those with Fragile X mental retardation syndrome. Research method presented in the article is based on recent studies of visual cognitive function development under normal and pathological condition. The protocol includes three experimental paradigms: “antisaccade test”, “big/ figures”, and “photos test” performed by making use of eye tracking recording.This work was supported by grant RFBR 14-06-31284