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ERIC Number: EJ1085544
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2016-Jan
Pages: 7
Abstractor: As Provided
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ISSN: ISSN-1362-3613
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No Evidence of Reaction Time Slowing in Autism Spectrum Disorder
Ferraro, F. Richard
Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, v20 n1 p116-122 Jan 2016
A total of 32 studies comprising 238 simple reaction time and choice reaction time conditions were examined in individuals with autism spectrum disorder (n?=?964) and controls (n?=?1032). A Brinley plot/multiple regression analysis was performed on mean reaction times, regressing autism spectrum disorder performance onto the control performance as a way to examine any generalized simple reaction time/choice reaction time slowing exhibited by the autism spectrum disorder group. The resulting regression equation was Y (autism spectrum disorder)?=?0.99 × (control) + 87.93, which accounted for 92.3% of the variance. These results suggest that there are little if any simple reaction time/choice reaction time slowing in this sample of individual with autism spectrum disorder, in comparison with controls. While many cognitive and information processing domains are compromised in autism spectrum disorder, it appears that simple reaction time/choice reaction time remain relatively unaffected in autism spectrum disorder.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research; Information Analyses
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Language: English
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