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Perceptual learning and perceptual search are altered in male university students with higher Autism Quotient scores

via ScienceDirect Publication: Personality and Individual Differences op 19-7-11

Publication year: 2011
Source: Personality and Individual Differences, In Press, Corrected Proof, Available online 18 July 2011
Phil, Reed , Caroline, Lowe , Rhiannan, Everett
Two experiments investigated the validity of the Autism Quotient (AQ) scale for measuring traits associated with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) in a population of male university students. Both studies found evidence that individuals who scored higher on the AQ questionnaire performed in a similar way to individuals with ASD on tasks with a perceptual component. Experiment 1 demonstrated a difference in the degree to which higher scoring AQ individuals performed on a perceptual learning task; with higher AQ scorers showing no advantage for familiar over novel items less. In Experiment 2, higher scorers showed fewer errors when judging the elements,...
 Highlights: ► The validity of the AQ scale for measuring nonclinical ASD traits was examined. ► Individuals with high AQ performed like individuals with ASD on perceptual tasks. ► High scoring AQ individuals showed no advantage for familiar over novel items. ► Higher AQ scorers had fewer errors when judging elements of a Navon letter. ► The AQ identifies nonclinical individuals with ASD-like traits.

 

 

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