Natalia Van Doren, Helen Ng, Eshaan Rawat, Kevin R McKenna, Daniel M Blonigen
Virtual reality mindfulness training for veterans in residential substance use treatment: Pilot study of feasibility and acceptability
Journal of substance use and addiction treatment
neuropsychological deficits areas executive functioning ef theory mind central coherence welldocumented among children adolescents autism spectrum disorder asd however remains significant gap knowledge regards neuropsychological profile adults asd study aims investigate intellectual functioning neuropsychological profiles clinical population adults asd crosssectional study included 40 available autistic individuals referred adult developmental disorders clinic hospital 2021 2022 participants assessed using stanfordbinet intelligence scale sbis autism spectrum quotient aq ritvo autism asperger diagnostic scalerevised raadsr social responsiveness scale srs individuals asd exhibited lower iq scores across domains stanfordbinet intelligence scale compared general population although mean iq scores remained within normal range significant differences observed full scale iq verbal iq nonverbal iq fluid reasoning knowledge quantitative reasoning visualspatial processing working memory compared general population additionally autistic individuals performance verbal knowledge higher compared nonverbal knowledge significant correlations found total subscale scores verbal nonverbal iq aq raadsr srs scores considering significant impacts cognitive executive function social occupational aspects autistic adults investigations area warranted