The role of stereotypies in overselectivity process in Rett syndrome

被引:40
作者
Fabio, Rosa Angela [1 ]
Giannatiempo, Samantha [1 ]
Antonietti, Alessandro [1 ]
Budden, Sarojini [2 ]
机构
[1] Univ Cattolica Sacro Cuore, Dept Psychol, I-20123 Milan, Italy
[2] Hlth Sci Univ Portland, Portland, OR USA
关键词
Rett syndrome; Stereotypies; Learning; Overselectivity; Attention; STIMULUS OVER-SELECTIVITY; MULTIPLE VISUAL CUES; AUTISTIC-CHILDREN; STUDENTS; BEHAVIOR; GIRLS;
D O I
10.1016/j.ridd.2008.01.003
中图分类号
G76 [特殊教育];
学科分类号
040109 ;
摘要
Ten Rett syndrome (RS) girls and 10 control girls executed an attentional task in which a complex stimulus was shown followed by individual stimuli presented with distractors. Participants had to discriminate previously presented stimuli from distractors. RS girls carried out the task both in a condition with the containment of stereotypies and in a no-containment condition. Overselectivity occurred in RS since patients failed to discriminate about 1/3 of the individual stimuli. There were no statistical differences with respect to the number of correct responses in the two conditions; RS girls learned quickly when their stereotypies were contained as opposed to when the containment of stereotypies was lacking. (C) 2008 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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页码:136 / 145
页数:10
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