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ArticleAutism : the international journal of research and practice2019

Variation in restricted and repetitive behaviors and interests relates to inhibitory control and shifting in children with autism spectrum disorder.

Susan Faja, Laura Nelson Darling

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Article in Autism : the international journal of research and practice, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 45 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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45 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

  1. Eye Tracking as a Treatment Monitoring Tool for Autism: A Multilevel Meta-Analysis.Autism research : official journal of the International Society for Autism Research · 2025
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  17. Multilingualism impacts children's executive function and core autism symptoms.Autism research : official journal of the International Society for Autism Research · 2024
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5 · Who and what money

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2 authors.

Susan Faja1 Harvard Medical School, USA.
Laura Nelson Darling3 Boston University, USA.

Funding

Electrophysiological Response to Executive Control Training in AutismR00HD071966 · NICHD · BOSTON CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL · PI FAJA, SUSAN · 2014 to 2016
$718k
Electrophysiological Response to Executive Control Training in AutismK99HD071966 · NICHD · UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON · PI FAJA, SUSAN · 2012 to 2013
$179k
NICHD NIH HHS K99 HD071966NICHD NIH HHS R00 HD071966
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Symptoms of restricted and repetitive behaviors and interests in autism are theoretically linked to executive functioning, which includes problem-solving abilities such as inhibition and cognitive flexibility. This study examined whether inhibition and flexibility are related to higher order restricted and repetitive behaviors and interests (e.g. circumscribed interests and ritualistic behavior) and sensorimotor behaviors (e.g. stereotyped and repetitive movements and sensory preoccupations) among 102 school-aged children with autism spectrum disorder who had cognitive abilities in the average or above average range. The ability to inhibit interfering information and shifting ability were related to higher order restricted and repetitive behaviors and interests, and each uniquely accounted for variance. This suggests that the ability to suppress interfering information as well as the ability to flexibly shift between patterns of responding is protective against higher order restricted and repetitive behaviors and interest symptoms in autism. In addition, the ability to proactively slow one's reaction time in order to respond more carefully was related to sensorimotor restricted and repetitive behaviors. These results support the importance of distinguishing between higher order and sensorimotor symptoms due to their distinct relationships to executive functioning abilities.

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Inhibition, PsychologicalAutism Spectrum DisorderChildExecutive FunctionFemaleHumansIndividualityMaleStereotyped BehaviorStroop Testautism spectrum disordersexecutive functionindividual differencesinhibitory controlrepetitive behaviors and interestsset-shifting

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PMID30394786
PMCPMC6499722

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