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The use of a tablet-based app for investigating the influence of autistic and ADHD traits on performance in a complex drawing task
This paper describes a smart tablet-based drawing app to digitally record participants’ engagement with the Rey-Osterrieth complex figure (ROCF) task, a well-characterised perceptual memory task that assesses local and global memory. Digitisation of the tasks allows for improved ecological validity,...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9579087/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35018608 http://dx.doi.org/10.3758/s13428-021-01746-8 |
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author | Savickaite, S. Morrison, C. Lux, E. Delafield-Butt, J. Simmons, D. R. |
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description | This paper describes a smart tablet-based drawing app to digitally record participants’ engagement with the Rey-Osterrieth complex figure (ROCF) task, a well-characterised perceptual memory task that assesses local and global memory. Digitisation of the tasks allows for improved ecological validity, especially in children attracted to tablet devices. Further, digital translation of the tasks affords new measures, including accuracy and computation of the fine motor control kinematics employed to carry out the drawing Here, we report a feasibility study to test the relationship between two neurodevelopmental conditions: autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). The smart tablet app was employed with 39 adult participants (18-35) characterised for autistic and ADHD traits, and scored using the ROCF perceptual and organisational scoring systems. Trait scores and conditions were predictor variables in linear regression models. Positive correlations were found between the attention-to-detail, attention-switching and communication subscales of the autistic trait questionnaire and organisational scores on the ROCF task. These findings suggest that autistic traits might be linked to differential performance on the ROCF task. Novelty and future applications of the app are discussed. |
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spelling | pubmed-95790872022-10-20 The use of a tablet-based app for investigating the influence of autistic and ADHD traits on performance in a complex drawing task Savickaite, S. Morrison, C. Lux, E. Delafield-Butt, J. Simmons, D. R. Behav Res Methods Article This paper describes a smart tablet-based drawing app to digitally record participants’ engagement with the Rey-Osterrieth complex figure (ROCF) task, a well-characterised perceptual memory task that assesses local and global memory. Digitisation of the tasks allows for improved ecological validity, especially in children attracted to tablet devices. Further, digital translation of the tasks affords new measures, including accuracy and computation of the fine motor control kinematics employed to carry out the drawing Here, we report a feasibility study to test the relationship between two neurodevelopmental conditions: autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). The smart tablet app was employed with 39 adult participants (18-35) characterised for autistic and ADHD traits, and scored using the ROCF perceptual and organisational scoring systems. Trait scores and conditions were predictor variables in linear regression models. Positive correlations were found between the attention-to-detail, attention-switching and communication subscales of the autistic trait questionnaire and organisational scores on the ROCF task. These findings suggest that autistic traits might be linked to differential performance on the ROCF task. Novelty and future applications of the app are discussed. Springer US 2022-01-11 2022 /pmc/articles/PMC9579087/ /pubmed/35018608 http://dx.doi.org/10.3758/s13428-021-01746-8 Text en © The Author(s) 2021 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Open AccessThis article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article's Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article's Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) . |
spellingShingle | Article Savickaite, S. Morrison, C. Lux, E. Delafield-Butt, J. Simmons, D. R. The use of a tablet-based app for investigating the influence of autistic and ADHD traits on performance in a complex drawing task |
title | The use of a tablet-based app for investigating the influence of autistic and ADHD traits on performance in a complex drawing task |
title_full | The use of a tablet-based app for investigating the influence of autistic and ADHD traits on performance in a complex drawing task |
title_fullStr | The use of a tablet-based app for investigating the influence of autistic and ADHD traits on performance in a complex drawing task |
title_full_unstemmed | The use of a tablet-based app for investigating the influence of autistic and ADHD traits on performance in a complex drawing task |
title_short | The use of a tablet-based app for investigating the influence of autistic and ADHD traits on performance in a complex drawing task |
title_sort | use of a tablet-based app for investigating the influence of autistic and adhd traits on performance in a complex drawing task |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9579087/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35018608 http://dx.doi.org/10.3758/s13428-021-01746-8 |
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