Visual Saliency of Different Picture Categories in Controll and HFA Subjects

Not Applicable

• Conditions: F84.5; Asperger syndrome

• Registration Number: DRKS00011018
• Lead Sponsor: Klinik und Poliklinik für Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie, Klinikum der Universität zu Köln

Brief Summary

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Detailed Description

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Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2016-10-12
• Study Completion: 2018-11-30
• Last Update Posted: 19 August 2024

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Complete
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 40

Inclusion Criteria

All participants: no momentary psychotropic medication, age between 18 and 60 years, wrtitten consent // Specific criteria for healthy controls: no psychiatric of neurological diseases // specific criteria for persons with HFA/Asperger-Syndrom: F84.5 diagnosis (Asperger-Syndrom) according to ICD-10, no neurological or psychiatric co-morbidities

Exclusion Criteria

Minors or persons older than 60 years, momentary or previous diagnosis of psychiatric or neurological disease other than F84.5 according to ICD-10 (Asperger-Syndrom), acute suicidal tendency, self- or other endangering behavior, lack of written consent or any knd of momentary or permanent legal incompetency

Study & Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

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The goal of the study is elucidating systematical effects of picture categories on visual saliency. This will enhance our understanding of attentional processes in highfunctioning autism.