SynthesisJournal of autism and developmental disorders2016
Embedded Figures Test Performance in the Broader Autism Phenotype: A Meta-analysis.
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- Examining the diametric model of autistic and psychotic traits through temporal perception.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Analysis of Task Demand Effects on Visual and Auditory Mismatch Negativity (MMN) Across Autistic and Schizotypal Traits.The European journal of neuroscience · 2026Article
- Autism and Schizotypal Traits in Relation to Thought-Action Fusion in Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder.Actas espanolas de psiquiatria · 2026Article
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- Figure disembedding facility and reduced left visual field bias are linked to the social dimension of autistic traits.Attention, perception & psychophysics · 2025Article
- Task-evoked pupil responses during free-viewing of hierarchical figures in relation to autistic traits in adults.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Linking Subclinical Autistic Traits and Perceptual Category Learning.The European journal of neuroscience · 2025Article
- Autism Traits and Cognitive Performance: Mediating Roles of Sleep Disturbance, Anxiety and Depression.Journal of autism and developmental disorders · 2023Article
- Neural Signatures of Predictive Strategies Track Individuals Along the Autism-Schizophrenia Continuum.Schizophrenia bulletin · 2023Article
- No evidence for superior distractor filtering amongst individuals high in autistic-like traits.Attention, perception & psychophysics · 2022Article
- Embedded figures in schizophrenia: A main deficit but no specificity.Schizophrenia research. Cognition · 2022Article
- Changes in Keyboard Typing Accuracy and Spatial Perception after Cardiovascular Fitness Exercise.Journal of lifestyle medicine · 2022Article
- Understanding Oneself to Understand Others: The Role of Alexithymia and Anxiety in the Relationships Between Autistic Trait Dimensions and Empathy.Journal of autism and developmental disorders · 2022Article
- The effect of autistic traits on disembedding and mental rotation in neurotypical women and men.Scientific reports · 2022Article
- Eye Tracking Research on the Influence of Spatial Frequency and Inversion Effect on Facial Expression Processing in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder.Brain sciences · 2022Article
- Bottom-up vs. top-down connectivity imbalance in individuals with high-autistic traits: An electroencephalographic study.Frontiers in systems neuroscience · 2022Article
- Brief Report: Facial Asymmetry and Autistic-Like Traits in the General Population.Journal of autism and developmental disorders · 2021Article
- Autistic traits and individual brain differences: functional network efficiency reflects attentional and social impairments, structural nodal efficiencies index systemising and theory-of-mind skills.Molecular autism · 2021Article
- Comprehensive Assessment of Visual Perceptual Skills in Autism Spectrum Disorder.Frontiers in psychology · 2021Article
- Global and local visual processing in autism - a co-twin-control study.Journal of child psychology and psychiatry, and allied disciplines · 2020Article
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Abstract
People with autism show superior performance to controls on the Embedded Figures Test (EFT). However, studies examining the relationship between autistic-like traits and EFT performance in neurotypical individuals have yielded inconsistent findings. To examine the inconsistency, a meta-analysis was conducted of studies that (a) compared high and low Autism-Spectrum Quotient (AQ) groups, and (b) treated AQ as a continuous variable. Outcomes are consistent with superior visual search forming part of the broader autism phenotype, but in existing literature, this is evident only when comparing extreme groups. Reanalysis of data from previous studies suggests findings are unlikely to be driven by a small number of high scorers. Monte Carlo simulations are used to illustrate the effect of methodological differences on results.
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