Publications [#379346] of Elena Tenenbaum

Journal Articles

1. Amso, D; Haas, S; Tenenbaum, E; Markant, J; Sheinkopf, SJ (2014). Bottom-up attention orienting in young children with autism.. J Autism Dev Disord, 44(3), 664-673. [doi]
   (last updated on 2025/06/16)

   Abstract:
   We examined the impact of simultaneous bottom-up visual influences and meaningful social stimuli on attention orienting in young children with autism spectrum disorders (ASDs). Relative to typically-developing age and sex matched participants, children with ASDs were more influenced by bottom-up visual scene information regardless of whether social stimuli and bottom-up scene properties were congruent or competing. This initial reliance on bottom-up strategies correlated with severity of social impairment as well as receptive language impairments. These data provide support for the idea that there is enhanced reliance on bottom-up attention strategies in ASDs, and that this may have a negative impact on social and language development.