Discrimination sensitivity of visual shapes sharpens in autistic adults but only after explicit category learning
Jaana Van Overwalle,
Birte Geusens,
Stephanie Van der Donck
et al.
Abstract:Background
Categorization and its influence on perceptual discrimination are essential processes to organize information efficiently. Individuals with Autism Spectrum Condition (ASC) are suggested to display enhanced discrimination on the one hand, but also to experience difficulties with generalization and ignoring irrelevant differences on the other, which underlie categorization. Studies on categorization and discrimination in ASC have mainly focused on one process at a time, however, and ty… Show more
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