en Attentional Performance in Boys with Autism Spectrum Disorder عمومى General پژوهشي Research Attentional dysfunction has been shown as a core deficit in autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Attention and concentration affect children with autism in many ways. Impairment in these areas influences learning, memory, daily living skills, and cognitive ability. For instance, the abilities to inhibit responses, discriminate relevant from irrelevant information, utilize system of rules, and solve problems, which are dependent on a child__AWT_QUOTE__s memory and concentration. Therefore, in the present study, the possibility of deficit in attention in 15 high functioning children with autism spectrum disorder aged between 6-13 years old were evaluated. The assessment procedure included sustained attention using a Continuous Performance Test__AWT_NOKT_COMMA__ and shifting attention using a Wisconsin Card Sorting Task involving different categories for sorting__AWT_NOKT_COMMA__ focusing and selective attention, using the Stroop Test__AWT_NOKT_COMMA__ working memory, using Digit Span, Coding-Digit Symbol and Arithmetic subtests of the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children (WISC-R). The results indicated that attentional impairments in high functioned autistic children, where they were observed, are at the conceptual level, with implications for executive functions and the monitoring of novel information, and for the ability to organize information along with monitoring ongoing events and making rapid adjustments. 0 0 http://ijpb.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-39-69&slc_lang=en&sid=1 mohammad حسن شاهرخی nevisandeh election دکتر hassan shahrokhi نویسنده مسیول 1003194753284600667 1003194753284600667 No child and adolescent psychiatrist child and adolescent psychiatrist mohammad لیلا مهدی زاده فانید دکتر leila mehdizade fanid 1003194753284600668 1003194753284600668 No department of animal biology university of tabriz department of animal biology university of tabriz mohammad تورج هاشمی دکتر toraj hashemi 1003194753284600669 1003194753284600669 No department of psychology university of tabriz department of psychology university of tabriz mohammad مجید محمود علیلو دکتر majid mahmood aliloo 1003194753284600670 1003194753284600670 No department of psychology university of tabriz department of psychology university of tabriz mohammad عباس بخشی پور دکتر abbas bakhshipour 1003194753284600671 1003194753284600671 No department of psychology university of tabriz department of psychology university of tabriz khanom ندا یادگاری خانم neda yadegari 1003194753284600672 1003194753284600672 No department of psychology university of tabriz department of psychology university of tabriz mohammad شاهرخ امیری دکتر shahrokh amiri 1003194753284600673 1003194753284600673 No department of psychiatry tabriz university of medical science department of psychiatry tabriz university of medical science