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The Relationship Between Autistic Traits and Atypical Sensory Functioning in Neurotypical and ASD Adults: A Spectrum Approach

Overview of attention for article published in Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, November 2016
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Title
The Relationship Between Autistic Traits and Atypical Sensory Functioning in Neurotypical and ASD Adults: A Spectrum Approach
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Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, November 2016
DOI 10.1007/s10803-016-2948-5
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Jennifer L. Mayer

Abstract

Sensory processing atypicalities are a common feature in Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) and have previously been linked to a range of behaviours in individuals with ASD and atypical neurological development. More recently research has demonstrated a relationship between autistic traits in the neurotypical (NT) population and increased levels of atypical sensory behaviours. The aim of the present study is to extend previous research by examining specific patterns across aspects of autistic traits and sensory behaviours within both ASD and NT populations. The present study recruited 580 NT adults and 42 high-functioning ASD adults with a confirmed diagnosis to investigate the relationship between specific aspects of autistic traits and sensory processing using the subscales of the autism spectrum quotient (AQ) and adult/adolescent sensory profile (AASP). Results showed a significant relationship between all subscales except for attention to detail and imagination on the AQ and provided the first evidence that the strength and pattern of this relationship is identical between NT and ASD adults. These data also provided support for the broader autism phenotype, uncovering a clear progression of sensory atypicalities in line with an increase in autistic traits, regardless of diagnostic status, which has potential implications for the spectrum approach to ASD and how sensory behaviours across the whole of the neurotypical population are conceptualised.

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Country Count As %
Australia 1 <1%
Unknown 173 99%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 32 18%
Student > Master 31 18%
Researcher 24 14%
Student > Doctoral Student 15 9%
Student > Bachelor 9 5%
Other 19 11%
Unknown 44 25%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Psychology 57 33%
Neuroscience 22 13%
Medicine and Dentistry 11 6%
Nursing and Health Professions 10 6%
Social Sciences 6 3%
Other 13 7%
Unknown 55 32%
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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 5. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 07 March 2019.
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#7,244,861
of 25,654,806 outputs
Outputs from Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders
#2,544
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#98,287
of 312,707 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders
#35
of 59 outputs
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