METHODS: We included 28 parents of children with ASD and 28 well-matched parents of typically developing children. All participants underwent the neuropsychological assessment and ANT test. The three distinct attention networks, including alerting, orienting, and executive control, were also measured.
RESULTS: Compared with controls, parents of children with ASD showed less-efficient alerting and executive control network (all p<0.05), but not orienting network (p=0.74). No significant correlation was found between the alerting, orienting, and executive control network for either group.
CONCLUSIONS: Our findings showed that parents of children with ASD had deficits in alerting and executive control attention functions. The deficits are indications of a broad autism phenotype.
方法:我们纳入了28名ASD儿童的父母和28名匹配良好的典型发育儿童的父母。所有参与者都接受了神经心理学评估和ANT测试。三个不同的注意力网络,包括警报,定向,和执行控制,也被测量了。
结果:与对照组相比,ASD儿童的父母表现出效率较低的警报和执行控制网络(所有p<0.05),但不是定向网络(p=0.74)。警报之间没有发现显著的相关性,定向,和任何一组的执行控制网络。
结论:我们的研究结果表明,ASD儿童的父母在警觉和执行控制注意功能方面存在缺陷。缺陷是广泛的自闭症表型的迹象。