Research Projects

Apr, 2017 - Mar, 2020

Investigations of characteristics of sensory processing unique to autistic traits for a large population without the diagnosis using psychophysical methods

Japan Society for the Promotion of Science  Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research  Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Grant number
17K00214
Japan Grant Number (JGN)
JP17K00214
Authorship
Principal investigator
Grant amount
(Total)
4,420,000 Japanese Yen
(Direct funding)
3,400,000 Japanese Yen
(Indirect funding)
1,020,000 Japanese Yen
Grant type
Competitive

This study examined the relationship between the strength of autistic traits and within and across sensory information processing. We measured characteristics of sensory processing for multiple senses (vision, audition, and touch) and autistic traits for a large sample without the diagnosis. We found that Autistic sub-traits such as communication and social skills have a unique relationship with sensory processing like tactile detection sensitivity and temporal characteristics of audiovisual interactions. These findings suggest that unique sensory processing may underlie behind each autistic sub-traits.

Link information
KAKEN
https://kaken.nii.ac.jp/grant/KAKENHI-PROJECT-17K00214
ID information
  • Grant number : 17K00214
  • Japan Grant Number (JGN) : JP17K00214