TY - JOUR
T1 - Brief Report
T2 - The Go/No-Go Task Online: Inhibitory Control Deficits in Autism in a Large Sample
AU - Uzefovsky, F.
AU - Allison, C.
AU - Smith, P.
AU - Baron-Cohen, S.
N1 - Funding Information: This research was supported by the Autism Research Trust, the Medical Research Council (MRC) and EU-AIMS. FU was supported by the British Friends of Haifa University, the Israel Science Foundation (Grant No. 449/14), the British Friends of Hebrew University, and the Joseph Levy Charitable Foundation. CA was supported by CLAHRC-EoE during the period of this work. Publisher Copyright: © 2016, The Author(s).
PY - 2016/8/1
Y1 - 2016/8/1
N2 - Autism Spectrum Conditions (ASC, also referred to as Autism Spectrum Disorders) entail difficulties with inhibition: inhibiting action, inhibiting one’s own point of view, and inhibiting distractions that may interfere with a response set. However, the association between inhibitory control (IC) and ASC, especially in adulthood, is unclear. The current study measured IC, using the Go/No-Go task online, in a large adult sample of 201 people with ASC and 240 controls. Number of both False Alarm and False Positive responses were significantly associated with autistic traits and diagnostic status, separately, but not jointly. These findings suggest that deficits in inhibition are associated with ASC. Future studies need to investigate the role of inhibition in ASC in everyday difficulties.
AB - Autism Spectrum Conditions (ASC, also referred to as Autism Spectrum Disorders) entail difficulties with inhibition: inhibiting action, inhibiting one’s own point of view, and inhibiting distractions that may interfere with a response set. However, the association between inhibitory control (IC) and ASC, especially in adulthood, is unclear. The current study measured IC, using the Go/No-Go task online, in a large adult sample of 201 people with ASC and 240 controls. Number of both False Alarm and False Positive responses were significantly associated with autistic traits and diagnostic status, separately, but not jointly. These findings suggest that deficits in inhibition are associated with ASC. Future studies need to investigate the role of inhibition in ASC in everyday difficulties.
KW - Autism
KW - Autism Spectrum Quotient
KW - Go/No-Go
KW - Inhibitory control
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U2 - https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-016-2788-3
DO - https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-016-2788-3
M3 - Article
SN - 0162-3257
VL - 46
SP - 2774
EP - 2779
JO - Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders
JF - Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders
IS - 8
ER -