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ArticleJournal of autism and developmental disorders2018

Color Afterimages in Autistic Adults.

John Maule, Kirstie Stanworth, Elizabeth Pellicano, Anna Franklin

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Article in Journal of autism and developmental disorders, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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15citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
1.2field-weighted citation impact, top 23% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

15 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 28 citations in OpenAlex.

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  7. Pupillary Responses Obey Emmert's Law and Co-vary with Autistic Traits.Journal of autism and developmental disorders · 2021
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  8. Ensemble coding of color and luminance contrast.Attention, perception & psychophysics · 2021
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  9. Adaptation to the Speed of Biological Motion in Autism.Journal of autism and developmental disorders · 2020
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  10. Local Versus Global Processing in Autism: Special Section Editorial.Journal of autism and developmental disorders · 2018
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  11. Visual Motion Prediction and Verbal False Memory Performance in Autistic Children.Autism research : official journal of the International Society for Autism Research · 2018
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  12. Ensemble perception of color in autistic adults.Autism research : official journal of the International Society for Autism Research · 2017
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

John MauleThe Sussex Colour Group, School of Psychology, University of Sussex, Pevensey II 5B7, Brighton, BN1 9QH, UK. J.Maule@sussex.ac.uk.
Kirstie StanworthThe Sussex Colour Group, School of Psychology, University of Sussex, Pevensey II 5B7, Brighton, BN1 9QH, UK.
Elizabeth PellicanoCentre for Research in Autism and Education (CRAE), UCL Institute of Education, University College London, London, UK.
Anna FranklinThe Sussex Colour Group, School of Psychology, University of Sussex, Pevensey II 5B7, Brighton, BN1 9QH, UK.
University of Sussex · GBUniversity College London · GB

Funding

Economic and Social Research Council ES/J500173/1European Research Council CATEGORIES: 283605Medical Research Council MR/J013145/1
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

It has been suggested that attenuated adaptation to visual stimuli in autism is the result of atypical perceptual priors (e.g., Pellicano and Burr in Trends Cogn Sci 16(10):504-510, 2012. doi: 10.1016/j.tics.2012.08.009 ). This study investigated adaptation to color in autistic adults, measuring both strength of afterimage and the influence of top-down knowledge. We found no difference in color afterimage strength between autistic and typical adults. Effects of top-down knowledge on afterimage intensity shown by Lupyan (Acta Psychol 161:117-130, 2015. doi: 10.1016/j.actpsy.2015.08.006 ) were not replicated for either group. This study finds intact color adaptation in autistic adults. This is in contrast to findings of attenuated adaptation to faces and numerosity in autistic children. Future research should investigate the possibility of developmental differences in adaptation and further examine top-down effects on adaptation.

Indexed as

Adaptation, PsychologicalAdultAfterimageAutistic DisorderColor PerceptionFacial RecognitionFemaleHumansKnowledgeMalePhotic StimulationAdaptationAfterimagesAutismColorTop-down knowledge

Identifiers

PMID27121352
PMCPMC5861167
OpenAlexW2345038723

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