Differences in Information-Seeking Behavior Between Typically-Developing Children and Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder

Differences in Information-Seeking Behavior Between Typically-Developing Children and Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder - Information Seeking Autism

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

NL-OMON

Registry ID

NL-OMON56157

Enrollment

Registered

2023-10-16

Start date

2024-01-22

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2025-12-01

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Conditions

Autism Autism Spectrum Disorder

Interventions

None listed

Eligibility

Age

2 Years to 11 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Autism group: - Age between 6 and 8 years old - Clinical diagnosis of Autism Spectrum Disorder Control group: - Matching non-verbal IQ with autism group - Age range between 6 and 9 years old - No indication of delayed cognitive development

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Autism group and Control group: - Psychiatric (co-)morbidity (except ADHD)

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
The main behavioral measures will be: - Performance measures in behavioral task: o Accuracy (i.e., prediction error) o Duration of total play (i.e., total number of trials played) o Duration of play for each environment o Number of switches o Video recording of test session (touch-screen task and non-verbal IQ assessment) - Computational modelling obtained variables: o Learning progress (LP) o Expected learning progress (ELP) o Expected prediction error (EPE). - Restricted, Repetitive Behavior indexes: o Childhood Routines Inventory-Revised (CRI-R) (Evans et al., 2017) o Intolerance of Uncertainty Questionnaire (Dutch translation) (IUS) (Sexton & Dugas, 2009) (IUS) o Restricted and Repetitive Behaviors Scale - Revised (RBS-R-NL) (Bodfish et al., 1999; Lam & Aman, 2007) - Non-Verbal IQ: 6-40 Snijders-Oomen Non-Verbal Intelligence Test (SON-R) (Tellegen & Laros, 2017) - Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule (ADOS-2, only when available) (Bildt et al., 2013) Based on previous findings, we expect that LP might guide the exploratory behavior of children with ASD differently compared to their TD counterparts. We hypothesize that children with ASD might remain for longer in the environments even as LP decreases. In addition, we expect to observe in children with ASD a relation between longer persistence in environments despite a decreasing LP and higher scores of RRBs.	—

Measure

Time frame

The main behavioral measures will be: - Performance measures in behavioral task: o Accuracy (i.e., prediction error) o Duration of total play (i.e., total number of trials played) o Duration of play for each environment o Number of switches o Video recording of test session (touch-screen task and non-verbal IQ assessment) - Computational modelling obtained variables: o Learning progress (LP) o Expected learning progress (ELP) o Expected prediction error (EPE). - Restricted, Repetitive Behavior indexes: o Childhood Routines Inventory-Revised (CRI-R) (Evans et al., 2017) o Intolerance of Uncertainty Questionnaire (Dutch translation) (IUS) (Sexton & Dugas, 2009) (IUS) o Restricted and Repetitive Behaviors Scale - Revised (RBS-R-NL) (Bodfish et al., 1999; Lam & Aman, 2007) - Non-Verbal IQ: 6-40 Snijders-Oomen Non-Verbal Intelligence Test (SON-R) (Tellegen & Laros, 2017) - Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule (ADOS-2, only when available) (Bildt et al., 2013) Based on previous findings, we expect that LP might guide the exploratory behavior of children with ASD differently compared to their TD counterparts. We hypothesize that children with ASD might remain for longer in the environments even as LP decreases. In addition, we expect to observe in children with ASD a relation between longer persistence in environments despite a decreasing LP and higher scores of RRBs.

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Countries

Netherlands

Outcome results