Global Sensory Features are Linked to Executive and Attentional Impairments in Autism Spectrum Disorders / Anna MARUANI ; Elise HUMEAU ; Pierre ELLUL ; Ariane CARTIGNY ; Aline LEFEBVRE ; Florine DELLAPIAZZA ; Richard DELORME ; Hugo PEYRE in Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 55-8 (August 2025)  

Public ISBD [article]  inJournal of Autism and Developmental Disorders > 55-8 (August 2025) . - p.2788-2796 Titre : Global Sensory Features are Linked to Executive and Attentional Impairments in Autism Spectrum Disorders Type de document : Texte imprimé et/ou numérique Auteurs : Anna MARUANI, Auteur ; Elise HUMEAU, Auteur ; Pierre ELLUL, Auteur ; Ariane CARTIGNY, Auteur ; Aline LEFEBVRE, Auteur ; Florine DELLAPIAZZA, Auteur ; Richard DELORME, Auteur ; Hugo PEYRE, Auteur Article en page(s) : p.2788-2796 Langues : Anglais (eng) Index. décimale : PER Périodiques Résumé : Sensory features, executive and attentional impairments are frequently reported in individuals with autism spectrum disorders (ASD). However, little is known about their complex relationships. In this study, we aim to examine the executive and attentional difficulties related to distinct sensory profiles. We identified sensory profiles with a Latent Profile Analysis (LPA) based on scores on the Short Sensory Profile (SSP) questionnaire in 95 children with ASD aged 6 to 17 years. Executive and attention functions were assessed using the Behavior Rating Inventory of Executive Functions (BRIEF) questionnaire and Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Rating Scale (ADHD-RS). A three-cluster solution based on raw SSP scores identified a "high'', a "medium" and a "low'' SSP profile. We found a significant relationship between executive functions, attentional skills and the global severity of sensory features, reinforcing findings of previous studies in the literature. A two-cluster solution based on normalized SSP (i.e. equalized for the global severity) identified distinct sensory profiles, mainly discriminated by the score of underresponsive/seeks sensation. We found no significant difference between these two clusters for the BRIEF and ADHD-RS related scores. Our study suggests that the heterogeneity of sensory features in ASD may not be explained by differences in executive and attention functions. Future studies are needed to refine the link between sensory features and executive functions in autism. En ligne : https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-024-06385-4 Permalink : https://www.cra-rhone-alpes.org/cid/opac_css/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=565 [article] Global Sensory Features are Linked to Executive and Attentional Impairments in Autism Spectrum Disorders [Texte imprimé et/ou numérique] / Anna MARUANI, Auteur ; Elise HUMEAU, Auteur ; Pierre ELLUL, Auteur ; Ariane CARTIGNY, Auteur ; Aline LEFEBVRE, Auteur ; Florine DELLAPIAZZA, Auteur ; Richard DELORME, Auteur ; Hugo PEYRE, Auteur . - p.2788-2796. Langues : Anglais (eng) in Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders > 55-8 (August 2025) . - p.2788-2796 Index. décimale : PER Périodiques Résumé : Sensory features, executive and attentional impairments are frequently reported in individuals with autism spectrum disorders (ASD). However, little is known about their complex relationships. In this study, we aim to examine the executive and attentional difficulties related to distinct sensory profiles. We identified sensory profiles with a Latent Profile Analysis (LPA) based on scores on the Short Sensory Profile (SSP) questionnaire in 95 children with ASD aged 6 to 17 years. Executive and attention functions were assessed using the Behavior Rating Inventory of Executive Functions (BRIEF) questionnaire and Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Rating Scale (ADHD-RS). A three-cluster solution based on raw SSP scores identified a "high'', a "medium" and a "low'' SSP profile. We found a significant relationship between executive functions, attentional skills and the global severity of sensory features, reinforcing findings of previous studies in the literature. A two-cluster solution based on normalized SSP (i.e. equalized for the global severity) identified distinct sensory profiles, mainly discriminated by the score of underresponsive/seeks sensation. We found no significant difference between these two clusters for the BRIEF and ADHD-RS related scores. Our study suggests that the heterogeneity of sensory features in ASD may not be explained by differences in executive and attention functions. Future studies are needed to refine the link between sensory features and executive functions in autism. En ligne : https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-024-06385-4 Permalink : https://www.cra-rhone-alpes.org/cid/opac_css/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=565

A mind-reading puzzle: Autistic people are more efficient at a theory-of-mind task / Estefania LOZA in Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders, 101 (March 2023)  

Public ISBD [article]  inResearch in Autism Spectrum Disorders > 101 (March 2023) . - 102105 Titre : A mind-reading puzzle: Autistic people are more efficient at a theory-of-mind task Type de document : Texte imprimé et/ou numérique Auteurs : Estefania LOZA, Auteur ; Frédérique AMSELLEM, Auteur ; Tiziana ZALLA, Auteur ; Ariane CARTIGNY, Auteur ; Marion LEBOYER, Auteur ; Richard DELORME, Auteur ; Franck RAMUS, Auteur ; Baudouin FORGEOT D'ARC, Auteur Article en page(s) : 102105 Langues : Anglais (eng) Mots-clés : Autism  Social cognition  Theory of mind  Executive control  Referential communication Index. décimale : PER Périodiques Résumé : Theory of Mind (ToM) is essential to adapt in social situations; however, a ToM deficit might be involved in autism. To better understand how ToM reasoning affects problem solving in autistic and non-autistic individuals, we compared autistic and non-autistic children and adults in a series of problems presented in social and non-social framings, using an adapted version of a classical referential communication task. In the social framing, participants were asked to anticipate the behavior of an agent who might ignore some components of the scene. In the non-social framing, the task required participants to consider and ignore similar features of the scene, but an agent was not involved. Simply framing the task as a social one increased the difficulty, particularly for non-autistic participants. Interestingly, the framing had less of an impact on autistic participants, who showed better performance in the social task relative to non-autistics and maintained similar performance across framings. We propose that autistic participants might have translated the social instructions into a general rule that proved more efficient in this situation. Our findings suggest a critical distinction between ToM understanding and the continuous use of a ToM strategy in repeated situations. En ligne : https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rasd.2023.102105 Permalink : https://www.cra-rhone-alpes.org/cid/opac_css/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=492 [article] A mind-reading puzzle: Autistic people are more efficient at a theory-of-mind task [Texte imprimé et/ou numérique] / Estefania LOZA, Auteur ; Frédérique AMSELLEM, Auteur ; Tiziana ZALLA, Auteur ; Ariane CARTIGNY, Auteur ; Marion LEBOYER, Auteur ; Richard DELORME, Auteur ; Franck RAMUS, Auteur ; Baudouin FORGEOT D'ARC, Auteur . - 102105. Langues : Anglais (eng) in Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders > 101 (March 2023) . - 102105 Mots-clés : Autism  Social cognition  Theory of mind  Executive control  Referential communication Index. décimale : PER Périodiques Résumé : Theory of Mind (ToM) is essential to adapt in social situations; however, a ToM deficit might be involved in autism. To better understand how ToM reasoning affects problem solving in autistic and non-autistic individuals, we compared autistic and non-autistic children and adults in a series of problems presented in social and non-social framings, using an adapted version of a classical referential communication task. In the social framing, participants were asked to anticipate the behavior of an agent who might ignore some components of the scene. In the non-social framing, the task required participants to consider and ignore similar features of the scene, but an agent was not involved. Simply framing the task as a social one increased the difficulty, particularly for non-autistic participants. Interestingly, the framing had less of an impact on autistic participants, who showed better performance in the social task relative to non-autistics and maintained similar performance across framings. We propose that autistic participants might have translated the social instructions into a general rule that proved more efficient in this situation. Our findings suggest a critical distinction between ToM understanding and the continuous use of a ToM strategy in repeated situations. En ligne : https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rasd.2023.102105 Permalink : https://www.cra-rhone-alpes.org/cid/opac_css/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=492

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