Barbara Carpita, Claudia Carmassi, Sara Calderoni, Dario Muti, Alessia Muscarella, Gabriele Massimetti, Ivan M Cremone, Camilla Gesi, Eugenia Conti, Filippo Muratori, Liliana Dell'Osso
The broad autism phenotype in real-life: clinical and functional correlates of autism spectrum symptoms and rumination among parents of patients with autism spectrum disorder
CNS spectrums
sparse occasionally contradictory evidence exists regarding impact domain probabilistic updating suggests bayesian word problems medical content may especially challenging present research aims address gap knowledge three preregistered online studies involved total 2238 participants bayesian word problems related one three domains medical dailylife abstract first two cases problems presented realistic content plausible numerical information latter problems contained explicitly imaginary elements problems across domains matched terms relevant statistical values much possible wording studies 1 2 utilized set problems different response elicitation methods ie openended multiplechoice question respectively study 3 involved larger number participants per condition smaller set problems thoroughly investigate magnitude differences domains generally low rate correct responses 172 174 143 studies 1 2 3 respectively consistent accuracy levels commonly observed literature specific task online samples nonetheless small significant difference domains observed participants accuracy differ medical dailylife problems significantly higher corresponding abstract problems results suggest medical problems inherently difficult solve rather performance improved abstract problems participants cannot draw background knowledge