Autism and attention: theoretical considerations and a pilot study using set reaction time.
We have presented an attentional model that may have value in the pathophysiology of autism. We have presented data that suggest attentional dysfunction and an attentional hypothesis that may explain autism's multisensory clinical appearance and natural history. Only further studies will be able to evaluate this hypothesis and hopefully provide us with something more promising to offer parent and child in the way of therapy.
D001288:Attention / Q000502:physiology*; D001307:Auditory Perception / Q000502:physiology; D001321:Autistic Disorder / Q000503:physiopathology*; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008960:Models, Psychological; D011582:Psychological Theory; D011930:Reaction Time