Neuropsychological examination on the specificity of visual cognition in adults with Autism Spectrum Disorder

2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 26590163
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Clinical psychology
• Research Institution: Showa Women's University
• Principal Investigator: MATSUNAGA Shinobu 昭和女子大学, 生活機構研究科, 教授 (50300033)
• Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha): MATSUNO Takanori 昭和女子大学, 生活機構研究科, 教授 (90219460) ; KIMURA Ayano 昭和女子大学, 人間社会学部, 専任講師 (00527575) ; WATANABE Kei-ichiro 東京大学, 学生相談ネットワーク本部, 准教授 (10323586)
• Research Collaborator: HASHIMOTO Ohiko 橋本クリニック (90292911)
• Project Period (FY): 2014-04-01 – 2018-03-31
• Keywords: 自閉スペクトラム症 / 絵画完成課題 / 埋没図形課題 / 視覚情報処理 / アイトラッキング

Outline of Final Research Achievements

To identify the eye movement patterns specific to autism spectrum disorder (ASD) compared to those of typically developing individuals (TD), we measured the eye movement pattern during the “Picture Completion Test (PCT) for Clinical Research” specifically made for this study and the Embedded Figures Test (EFT) using an eye-tracking technique. The “PCT for Clinical Research” was categorized into three subtypes based on visual information processing, and it demonstrated the difference between subtypes in terms of eye movement data and the PCT information processing strategy. Task accomplishment in the PCT subtypes was found to differ between ASD and TD.

Free Research Field

発達臨床心理学