Embedded Figures Test Performance in the Broader Autism Phenotype: A Meta-analysis
Embedded Figures Test Performance in the Broader Autism Phenotype: A Meta-analysis
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DOI：
10.1007/s10803-016-2832-3
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发表时间：
2016-09-01
影响因子：
3.9
通讯作者：
Maybery, Murray T.
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作者：
Cribb, Serena J.;Olaithe, Michelle;Maybery, Murray T.
自闭症患者在嵌入式数字测试（EFT）中表现出优于对照组的表现。然而，研究神经典型个体的自闭症样特征与 EFT 表现之间的关系却得出了不一致的结果。为了检查这种不一致性，我们对以下研究进行了荟萃分析：(a) 比较高自闭症谱商 (AQ) 组和低自闭症谱商 (AQ) 组，以及 (b) 将 AQ 视为连续变量。结果与形成更广泛的自闭症表型一部分的高级视觉搜索一致，但在现有文献中，只有在比较极端群体时才很明显。对先前研究数据的重新分析表明，研究结果不太可能是由少数高分者推动的。蒙特卡罗模拟用于说明方法差异对结果的影响。
People with autism show superior performance to controls on the Embedded Figures Test (EFT). However, studies examining the relationship between autistic-like traits and EFT performance in neurotypical individuals have yielded inconsistent findings. To examine the inconsistency, a meta-analysis was conducted of studies that (a) compared high and low Autism-Spectrum Quotient (AQ) groups, and (b) treated AQ as a continuous variable. Outcomes are consistent with superior visual search forming part of the broader autism phenotype, but in existing literature, this is evident only when comparing extreme groups. Reanalysis of data from previous studies suggests findings are unlikely to be driven by a small number of high scorers. Monte Carlo simulations are used to illustrate the effect of methodological differences on results.