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Title: Attentional Cueing and Executive Deficits Revealed by a Virtual Supermarket Task Coupled With Eye-Tracking in Autism Spectrum Disorder
Authors: Mouga, Susana 
Duarte, Isabel Catarina 
Café, Cátia 
Sousa, Daniela 
Duque, Frederico 
Oliveira, Guiomar 
Castelo-Branco, Miguel 
Keywords: autism spectrum disorder; attentional cueing; executive functioning; social cognition; eye-tracking; ecological task
Issue Date: 2021
Publisher: Frontiers Media S.A.
Project: FCT/UID/4950/2020 
DSAIPA/DS/0041/2020 
PTDC/PSI-GER/1326/2020 
SFRH/BD/102779/2014 
info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/FCT/6817 - SAICTPAC/0010/2015 
PTDC/PSI-GER/30852/2017 
Serial title, monograph or event: Frontiers in Psychology
Volume: 12
Abstract: Executive functioning (EF) impairments in Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) impact on complex functions, such as social cognition. We assessed this link between EF, attentional cueing, and social cognition with a novel ecological task, "EcoSupermarketX." Our task had three blocks of increasing executive load and incorporated social and non-social cues, with different degrees of saliency. Performance of ASD and typical neurodevelopment was compared. The ASD showed a significant performance dependence on the presence of contextual cues. Difficulties increased as a function of cognitive load. Between-group differences were found both for social and non-social salient cues. Eye-tracking measures showed significantly larger fixation time of more salient social cues in ASD. In sum, EcoSupermarketX is sensitive to detect EF and attentional cueing deficits in ASD.
URI: https://hdl.handle.net/10316/104580
ISSN: 1664-1078
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2021.671507
Rights: openAccess
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