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ArticleBrain sciences2022

Computer-Based Assessment and Self-Report Measures of Executive Functions in High-Functioning Adults with Autism.

Ilinca Mihailescu, Lucia Emanuela Andrei, Alina Alexandra Frunza, Mirela Manea, Florina Rad

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Article in Brain sciences, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6 citing papers in PubMed, 4 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Ilinca MihailescuChild and Adolescent Psychiatry Department, "Prof. Dr. Alexandru Obregia" Clinical Hospital of Psychiatry, 041914 Bucharest, Romania.ORCID 0000-0003-4821-4721
Lucia Emanuela AndreiChild and Adolescent Psychiatry Department, Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 020021 Bucharest, Romania.ORCID 0000-0002-2127-2641
Alina Alexandra FrunzaPsychiatry Department, Mina Minovici National Institute of Legal Medicine, 042122 Bucharest, Romania.
Mirela ManeaDepartment of Psychiatry and Psychology, Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 020021 Bucharest, Romania.
Florina RadChild and Adolescent Psychiatry Department, Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 020021 Bucharest, Romania.
Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy · ROSpitalul Clinic de Psihiatrie Alexandru Obregia · RO

Funding

CERO-Career profile: Romanian researcher POSDRU/159/1.5/S/135760
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This study analyzes the profile of executive functions (EF) in high-functioning adults with autism (HFA), both in terms of performance on four computer-based tasks, as well as how these functions are perceived by the individuals through self-reporting measures. The study included 64 participants: 32 individuals with HFA, and 32 typically developing controls. Four CANTAB tasks were used (assessing spatial working memory, planning, visual memory, and inhibition), as well as a self-reported measure of executive functions (BDEFS) and a scale for the severity of autism symptoms (RAADS-R). The participants in the ASD group performed significantly lower than the control group on all four computer-based tasks, as measured by the total number of errors made (for the spatial working memory, visual memory, and inhibition tasks) and the number of problems solved at the first choice (for the planning task). No correlation was found in the ASD group between the severity of autism symptoms and the computer-based measures. These findings provide evidence that HFA adults may have various executive functioning impairments, and subsequent daily life problems, but these deficits do not necessarily correlate with the severity of core ASD symptoms.

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autismexecutive functionshigh-functioning autism

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PMID36009132
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