Se revisan los planteamientos y resultados de los trabajos que evalúan el funcionamiento atencional en personas con trastorno del espectro de autismo (TEA), particularmente en el subgrupo de personas con nivel alto de funcionamiento cognitivo.
Se señalan los resultados convergentes de los diversos estudios, analizando algunas de las contradicciones entre los resultados obtenidos, así como sus posibles causas y, por último, se destaca la utilidad de los estudios de la atención en este grupo desde un punto de vista conceptual, diagnóstico y clínico.
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