ArticleJournal of autism and developmental disorders2012
Brief report: the relationship between visual acuity, the embedded figures test and systemizing in autism spectrum disorders.
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16 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Association between Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and vision problems. A systematic review and meta-analysis.Molecular psychiatry · 2023Pooled it
- Visuo-spatial performance in autism: a meta-analysis.Journal of autism and developmental disorders · 2014Pooled it
- A rule-based theoretical account of social stories to address the double empathy problem.Frontiers in psychology · 2023Article
- Can EEG Correlates Predict Treatment Efficacy in Children with Overlapping ASD and SLI Symptoms: A Case Report.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Figure-Disembedding Is Inferior in Non-autistic Compared to Autistic Individuals but Can Be Improved by Training.Frontiers in psychology · 2022Article
- Atypical visual processing in a mouse model of autism.Scientific reports · 2020Article
- The Relation Between Autistic Traits, the Degree of Synaesthesia, and Local/Global Visual Perception.Journal of autism and developmental disorders · 2020Article
- Superior Disembedding in Children with ASD: New Tests Using Abstract, Meaningful, and 3D Contexts.Journal of autism and developmental disorders · 2018Article
- Autism As a Disorder of High Intelligence.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2016Article
- Visual processing in adolescents with autism spectrum disorder: evidence from embedded figures and configural superiority tests.Journal of autism and developmental disorders · 2015Article
- Is 20/20 vision good enough? Visual acuity differences within the normal range predict contour element detection and integration.Psychonomic bulletin & review · 2015Article
- Normal Visual Acuity and Electrophysiological Contrast Gain in Adults with High-Functioning Autism Spectrum Disorder.Frontiers in human neuroscience · 2015Article
- The relationship between level of autistic traits and local bias in the context of the McGurk effect.Frontiers in psychology · 2015Article
- Autism spectrum traits in normal individuals: a preliminary VBM analysis.Frontiers in human neuroscience · 2015Article
- Brief report: visual acuity in children with autism spectrum disorders.Journal of autism and developmental disorders · 2014Article
- Enhanced olfactory sensitivity in autism spectrum conditions.Molecular autism · 2014Article
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Abstract
Enhanced performance upon the Embedded Figures Test (EFT) in individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) has informed psychological theories of the non-social aspects that characterise ASD. The Extreme Male Brain theory of autism proposes that enhanced visual acuity underpins greater attention to detail (assessed by the EFT) which is a prerequisite for Systemizing. To date, however, no study has empirically examined these relationships. 13 males with ASD and 13 male controls were assessed upon tasks argued to reflect these levels of processing. The ASD group were found to have significantly greater visual acuity, EFT performance and Systemizing ability than the control group. However, regression analysis revealed that the strongest relationship was between visual acuity and EFT performance.
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