自闭症患者的增强创造力是由于同时出现的注意力缺陷/多动症障碍
Emily C Taylor1, Małgorzata A Gocłowska1, Mitchell J Callan1
1Department of Psychology, University of Bath.
Journal of psychopathology and clinical science
|January 9, 2025
概括
自闭症成年人的创造力并不是天生增强的. 虽然自闭症患者报告了更多的现实世界的创造性成就,但这与同时发生的注意力缺陷/多动症 (ADHD) 相关,而不是自闭症本身.
科学领域:
- 神经发育障碍 神经发育障碍
- 认知心理学 认知心理学
- 创造力研究研究创造力研究
背景情况:
- 长期以来的猜测表明自闭症和增强的创造力之间存在联系.
- 现有的证据有限,基于对非临床人群的小型研究.
- 像ADHD这样的同时出现的疾病对这种关联的影响是未知的.
研究的目的:
- 调查自闭症和非自闭症成年人之间的创造力差异.
- 在控制一般认知能力和ADHD后,检查创造力.
- 为了澄清自闭症,多动症和创造力之间的关系.
主要方法:
- 在自闭症和非自闭症成年人中预先注册的创造力比较 (N=352).
- 参与者根据年龄,性别和一般认知能力进行了匹配.
- 利用了不同的思维创造力任务和自我报告的创造性成就.
主要成果:
- 在分歧思维创造力方面,没有发现任何显著的群体差异.
- 自闭症成年人报告了更多的现实世界的创造性成就.
- 这种自我报告的差异在考虑ADHD症状后消失了.
结论:
- 自闭症个体的增强创造力可能归因于同时发生的ADHD,而不是自闭症本身.
- 这些发现挑战了自闭症中固有的创造力优势的概念.
- 讨论了心理病理学的基于力量的方法的含义.
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