Individuals with Asperger’s Disorder Exhibit Difficulty in Switching Attent…

Abstract The purpose of the present study was to determine whether individuals with Asperger’s disorder exhibit difficulty in switching attention from a local level to a global level. Eleven participants with Asperger’s disorder and 11 age- and gender-matched healthy controls performed a level-repetition switching task using Navontype hierarchical stimuli. In both groups, level-repetitio…