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ERIC Number: EJ1055290
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2015-Apr
Pages: 7
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-1362-3613
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Perceptual Inference and Autistic Traits
Skewes, Joshua C; Jegindø, Else-Marie; Gebauer, Line
Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, v19 n3 p301-307 Apr 2015
Autistic people are better at perceiving details. Major theories explain this in terms of bottom-up sensory mechanisms or in terms of top-down cognitive biases. Recently, it has become possible to link these theories within a common framework. This framework assumes that perception is implicit neural inference, combining sensory evidence with prior perceptual knowledge. Within this framework, perceptual differences may occur because of enhanced precision in how sensory evidence is represented or because sensory evidence is weighted much higher than prior perceptual knowledge. In this preliminary study, we compared these models using groups with high and low autistic trait scores (Autism-Spectrum Quotient). We found evidence supporting the cognitive bias model and no evidence for the enhanced sensory precision model.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Denmark
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