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Classroom influence—Do students with high autistic traits benefit from their classmates’ social skills?

open access: yesFrontiers in Education, 2022
IntroductionChildren and adolescents with intellectual disability (ID) and high levels of autistic traits often attend special needs classrooms where they spend a lot of time with other students who demonstrate diverse impairments and competencies ...
Gina Nenniger
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Autism, the Integrations of 'Difference' and the Origins of Modern Human Behaviour [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
It is proposed here that the archaeological evidence for the emergence of 'modern behaviour' (160,000-40,000 bp) can best be explained as the rise of cognitive variation within populations through social mechanisms for integrating 'different minds ...
Spikins, Penny
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Autistic Traits in the General Population [PDF]

open access: yesArchives of General Psychiatry, 2003
Recent research has indicated that autism is not a discrete disorder and that family members of autistic probands have an increased likelihood of exhibiting autistic symptoms with a wide range of severity, often below the threshold for a diagnosis of an autism spectrum disorder.To examine the distribution and genetic structure of autistic traits in the
Richard D. Todd, John N. Constantino
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Autistic Traits and Psychosocial Predictors of Depressive Symptoms

open access: yesJournal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2022
AbstractHigher rates of depression and of depressed mood are associated with autistic traits, and both are associated with social interaction factors, such as social self-efficacy, social motivation and loneliness. This study examined whether these social factors explain the association between autistic traits and depression.
Lorna Camus   +5 more
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Prospective Memory Performance of Autistic Adults in Everyday Life: The Role of Stress and Motivation

open access: yesAutism Research, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Prospective memory (PM) is the ability to remember to carry out intended actions in the future. The present study investigated the PM performance of autistic adults in everyday life. A total of 29 autistic participants and 30 controls matched for age, gender, and cognitive abilities completed various PM tasks (time‐based vs.
Larissa L. Faustmann, Mareike Altgassen
wiley   +1 more source

Beta event-related desynchronization as an index of individual differences in processing human facial expression: further investigations of autistic traits in typically developing adults [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
The human mirror neuron system (hMNS) has been associated with various forms of social cognition and affective processing including vicarious experience.
Cooper, NR   +4 more
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Cognitive Flexibility Mediates the Associations Between Perceived Stress, Social Camouflaging and Mental Health Challenges in Autistic Adults

open access: yesAutism Research, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Autistic people are at an elevated risk of experiencing co‐occurring anxiety and depression. The contributors to this are likely multifaceted and complex and remain poorly understood. Cognitive flexibility, social camouflaging, and perceived stress provide useful indices of the interacting neurocognitive, behavioral, and environmental factors ...
Matthew J. Hollocks   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Alexithymia may explain the relationship between autistic traits and eating disorder psychopathology

open access: yesMolecular Autism, 2020
Background Autistic people are disproportionately vulnerable to anorexia nervosa and other eating disorders (ED), and within the general population, autistic traits correlate with ED psychopathology.
L. Vuillier   +3 more
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Autism Spectrum Disorders Discourse on Social Media Platforms: A Topic Modeling Study of Reddit Posts

open access: yesAutism Research, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Social media platforms play a crucial role in shaping public perceptions of neurodevelopmental conditions, such as autism spectrum disorders, by providing spaces for community interaction and content sharing. These platforms hold the potential to foster connections and support among autistic individuals while offering valuable insights into ...
Seraphina Fong   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Neuroticism Mediates the Association between Autistic Traits and Choice Reaction Time among Young Adults

open access: yesBehavioral Sciences
Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a neurodevelopmental disorder that influences an individual’s cognitive functions and social interaction. While most studies have focused on children and adolescents diagnosed with ASD, elevated levels of autistic traits
Kassandra De Jesus Cintron, Xiao Yang
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