The effects of autistic traits and academic degree on visuospatial abilities

Autor: Conson M., Senese V. P., Baiano C., Zappullo I., Warrier V., Atripaldi D., Carlino I., Carrubba M., Cuccaro M. R., D'Angelo M., D'Anna O., DeVita D., DiMeglio D., Ferdinandi L., Ferrara A., Gaita M., Giustiniani N., Irno M., Lamberti F., Maiorano F., Marotta A., Nucci A., Pane R., Panfilo L., Paternosto N., Raimo G., Rispo R., Ruggiero I., Ruggiero M., Saggese D., SATRIANO, Rocco Alfredo, Sinatore R., Vece G., Salzano S., Positano M., Baron-Cohen S.
Přispěvatelé: Conson, M., Senese, V. P., Baiano, C., Zappullo, I., Warrier, V., Atripaldi, D., Carlino, I., Carrubba, M., Cuccaro, M. R., D'Angelo, M., D'Anna, O., Devita, D., Dimeglio, D., Ferdinandi, L., Ferrara, A., Gaita, M., Giustiniani, N., Irno, M., Lamberti, F., Maiorano, F., Marotta, A., Nucci, A., Pane, R., Panfilo, L., Paternosto, N., Raimo, G., Rispo, R., Ruggiero, I., Ruggiero, M., Saggese, D., Satriano, Rocco Alfredo, Sinatore, R., Vece, G., Salzano, S., Positano, M., Baron-Cohen, S.
Rok vydání: 2019
Předmět:
Male
Autism-spectrum quotient
Rotation
Science
Cognitive Neuroscience
media_common.quotation_subject
Behavioural sciences
Experimental and Cognitive Psychology
Empathy
Empathy quotient
050105 experimental psychology
Mental rotation
Young Adult
03 medical and health sciences
Disembedding figure
Engineering
0302 clinical medicine
Artificial Intelligence
Humans
0501 psychology and cognitive sciences
Autistic Disorder
Students
Path analysis (statistics)
Quotient
media_common
Psychiatric Status Rating Scales
Sex Characteristics
Systemizing Quotient
05 social sciences
Empathy Quotient
General Medicine
Autistic traits
Imagination
Visual Perception
Educational Status
Female
Natural Science Disciplines
Psychology
Science
technology
engineering and mathematics (STEM)
Mathematics
Psychomotor Performance
030217 neurology & neurosurgery
Spatial Navigation
Cognitive psychology
Zdroj: Cognitive Processing. 21:127-140
ISSN: 1612-4790
1612-4782
Popis: In the present study, we were interested to investigate how autistic traits (including systemizing and empathy) and academic degree influence individuals’ visuospatial abilities. To this end, 352 university students completed the Autism Spectrum Quotient (AQ), the Empathy Quotient, the Systemizing Quotient (SQ) and visuospatial tests measuring figure disembedding and mental rotation of two-dimensional figures. Engineering-design students (architecture and engineering) were the most accurate in disembedding and mentally rotating figures, followed by students of physical sciences (computer science, chemistry, physics, etc.) and fact-based humanities (languages, classics, law); biological (psychology and neuroscience, etc.) and systems-based social scientists (economics and commerce) were the least accurate. Engineering-design students also showed higher SQ scores with respect to the other four academic degree subjects, with students of biological sciences showing lower SQ scores. Importantly, results from a path analysis revealed that SQ (but not AQ) exerted an indirect effect on figure disembedding and mental rotations through the influence of the academic degree. Thus, the present findings reveal shadydifferences in systemizing degree and visuospatial performance withinsystemizing-based degree subjects.Implications for education are discussed.
Databáze: OpenAIRE
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