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A Pilot Study Assessing Performance and Visual Attention of Teenagers with ASD in a Novel Adaptive Driving Simulator.

Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), compared to typically-developed peers, may demonstrate behaviors that are counter to safe driving. The current work examines the use of a novel simulator in two separate studies. Study 1 demonstrates statistically significant performance differences b...

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Publicado en:Journal of Autism & Developmental Disorders Vol. 47; no. 11; pp. 3405 - 3418
Autores principales: Wade, Joshua, Weitlauf, Amy, Broderick, Neill, Swanson, Amy, Zhang, Lian, Bian, Dayi, Sarkar, Medha, Warren, Zachary, Sarkar, Nilanjan
Formato: pictorial research tables/charts Journal Article
Publicado: Springer Nature Nov2017
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Sumario:Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), compared to typically-developed peers, may demonstrate behaviors that are counter to safe driving. The current work examines the use of a novel simulator in two separate studies. Study 1 demonstrates statistically significant performance differences between individuals with (N = 7) and without ASD (N = 7) with regards to the number of turning-related driving errors ( p < 0.01). Study 2 shows that both the performance-based feedback group (N = 9) and combined performance- and gaze-sensitive feedback group (N = 8) achieved statistically significant reductions in driving errors following training ( p < 0.05). These studies are the first to present results of fine-grained measures of visual attention of drivers and an adaptive driving intervention for individuals with ASD.