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Area of Science:

Neuroscience
Psychology
Developmental Disorders

Background:

Predictive processing theories suggest impairments explain autistic symptoms.
Empirical evidence for these theories in autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is inconsistent.
Understanding specific deficits within predictive processing in ASD is crucial.

Purpose of the Study:

To investigate statistical learning capabilities in autistic adults.
To compare learning dynamics between autistic and neurotypical adults.
To examine the implications for predictive processing frameworks in ASD.

Main Methods:

A statistical learning task involving acquiring probability-based regularities was administered.
Twenty neurotypical and 22 autistic adults participated.
Frequentist and Bayesian statistical methods were employed for analysis.

Main Results:

Autistic adults performed comparably to neurotypical adults on the statistical learning task.
No significant differences were observed in the dynamics of learning between the groups.
The findings support intact statistical learning in autistic adults.

Conclusions:

Statistical learning appears to be intact in autistic adults.
This challenges the broad application of predictive processing deficits to all autistic symptoms.
Atypical processing in ASD may not always manifest as performance deficits.