Brief Report: Effect of Spatial Complexity on Visual Short-Term Memory and Self-Reported Autistic-Like Traits in Typically Developed Individuals

Takahashi, Jutaro; Gyoba, Jiro; Yamawaki, Nozomi

doi:10.1007/s10803-012-1711-9

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“…It has been shown that the autism characteristics can be identified in the general population (Baron-Cohen, Wheelwright, Skinner, Martin, & Clubley, 2001). Thus, it is possible that people with a high-autism-quotient would also differ in this task compared to people with a low-autism-quotient, as was found in other studies using different tasks (e.g., Richmond, Thorpe, Berryhill, Klugman, & Olson, 2013;Takahashi, Gyoba, & Yamawaki, 2013).…”

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Visuospatial working memory in children with autism: The effect of a semantic global organization

Mammarella

Giofrè

Caviola

et al. 2014

Research in Developmental Disabilities

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The Version of Scholarly Record of this Article is published in RESEARCH INas a sparse set of details rather than as a congruent and meaningful unit, failing in the extraction of the global configuration of the scene. In the present study, children with ASD were compared with typically developing (TD) children, in a visuospatial working memory task, the Visual Patterns Test (VPT). The VPT array was manipulated to vary the semantic affordance of the pattern, high semantic (global) vs. low semantic; temporal parameters were also manipulated within the change detection protocol. Overall, there was no main effect associated with Group, however there was a significant effect associated with Semantics, which was further qualified by an interaction between the Group and Semantic factors; there was only a significant effect of semantics in the TD group.The findings are discussed in light of the weak central coherence theory where the ASD group are unable to make use of semantics in order to construct global representations of the array.

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Visuospatial working memory in children with autism: The effect of a semantic global organization

Mammarella

Giofrè

Caviola

et al. 2014

Research in Developmental Disabilities

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Differences in the Efficiency of Pattern Encoding in Relation to Autistic-Like Traits: An Event-Related Potential Study

Takahashi

Yasunaga

Gyoba

2014

J Autism Dev Disord

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We examined the effects of complexity on the efficiency of pattern encoding in the general population differing on autism-spectrum quotient (AQ) scores. We compared brain activity (electroencephalography) during a same-different task for High and Low AQ groups. The task was composed of identical comparison and categorical comparison (CC) conditions that presented simple or complex patterns. In the CC condition, the Low AQ showed large P3b amplitudes with simple patterns than with complex patterns, whereas the High AQ showed the same amplitude levels for these patterns. These indicate that, similar to simple patterns, complex patterns are efficiently encoded in the High AQ. Moreover, the High AQ had no impairment in the global pattern encoding compared with the Low AQ.

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Psychometric Properties of the Autism-Spectrum Quotient for Assessing Low and High Levels of Autistic Traits in College Students

Stevenson

Hart²

2017

J Autism Dev Disord

103

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The current study systematically investigated the effects of scoring and categorization methods on the psychometric properties of the Autism-Spectrum Quotient. Four hundred and three college students completed the Autism-Spectrum Quotient at least once. Total scores on the Autism-Spectrum Quotient had acceptable internal consistency and test-retest reliability using a binary or Likert scoring method, but the results were more varied for the subscales. Overall, Likert scoring yielded higher internal consistency and test-retest reliability than binary scoring. However, agreement in categorization of low and high autistic traits was poor over time (except for a median split on Likert scores). The results support using Likert scoring and administering the Autism-Spectrum Quotient at the same time as the task of interest with neurotypical participants.

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Brief Report: Effect of Spatial Complexity on Visual Short-Term Memory and Self-Reported Autistic-Like Traits in Typically Developed Individuals

Cited by 6 publications

References 28 publications

Visuospatial working memory in children with autism: The effect of a semantic global organization

Visuospatial working memory in children with autism: The effect of a semantic global organization

Differences in the Efficiency of Pattern Encoding in Relation to Autistic-Like Traits: An Event-Related Potential Study

Psychometric Properties of the Autism-Spectrum Quotient for Assessing Low and High Levels of Autistic Traits in College Students

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