Seyed Mohammad Mahdi Moshirian Farahi, Craig Leth-Steensen
{"title":"Individual differences in absolute identification as a function of autistic trait levels.","authors":"Seyed Mohammad Mahdi Moshirian Farahi, Craig Leth-Steensen","doi":"10.1007/s10339-023-01166-w","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The present study aimed to examine the links between a self-report measure known to be discriminative of autism (the AQ-10) and performance on the classic unidimensional absolute identification judgment task with 10 line lengths. The interest in this task is due to the fact that discriminating absolutely between such items is quite perceptually challenging and also that it is not very amenable to generalization. Importantly, there are two currently available views of perceptual learning in autism that suggest that those higher on the autism spectrum might have an advantage on this task. Results showed, however, that for N = 291 typically developing individuals, higher scores on the AQ-10 (and also on a measure of the degree to which individuals self-report having a more spontaneous, activist-type learning style) tended to relate to lower levels of accuracy on this task in contrast to what was expected. One explanation furthered for this result was that those with higher AQ-10 scores may have had more difficulties maintaining the overall stimulus context in memory. Such work adds greatly to knowledge of the nature of the individual differences that can affect performance on this particular task.</p>","PeriodicalId":47638,"journal":{"name":"Cognitive Processing","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.7000,"publicationDate":"2024-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Cognitive Processing","FirstCategoryId":"102","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10339-023-01166-w","RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"2023/11/2 0:00:00","PubModel":"Epub","JCR":"Q3","JCRName":"PSYCHOLOGY, EXPERIMENTAL","Score":null,"Total":0}
引用次数: 0
Abstract
The present study aimed to examine the links between a self-report measure known to be discriminative of autism (the AQ-10) and performance on the classic unidimensional absolute identification judgment task with 10 line lengths. The interest in this task is due to the fact that discriminating absolutely between such items is quite perceptually challenging and also that it is not very amenable to generalization. Importantly, there are two currently available views of perceptual learning in autism that suggest that those higher on the autism spectrum might have an advantage on this task. Results showed, however, that for N = 291 typically developing individuals, higher scores on the AQ-10 (and also on a measure of the degree to which individuals self-report having a more spontaneous, activist-type learning style) tended to relate to lower levels of accuracy on this task in contrast to what was expected. One explanation furthered for this result was that those with higher AQ-10 scores may have had more difficulties maintaining the overall stimulus context in memory. Such work adds greatly to knowledge of the nature of the individual differences that can affect performance on this particular task.
期刊介绍:
Cognitive Processing - International Quarterly of Cognitive Science is a peer-reviewed international journal that publishes innovative contributions in the multidisciplinary field of cognitive science. Its main purpose is to stimulate research and scientific interaction through communication between specialists in different fields on topics of common interest and to promote an interdisciplinary understanding of the diverse topics in contemporary cognitive science. Cognitive Processing is articulated in the following sections:Cognitive DevelopmentCognitive Models of Risk and Decision MakingCognitive NeuroscienceCognitive PsychologyComputational Cognitive SciencesPhilosophy of MindNeuroimaging and Electrophysiological MethodsPsycholinguistics and Computational linguisticsQuantitative Psychology and Formal Theories in Cognitive ScienceSocial Cognition and Cognitive Science of Culture