Graduate student
University of Bath
I am a PhD researcher in psychology at the University of Bath, exploring ways we can measure and understand autistic traits.
My work involves using innovative statistical and data science concepts to validate, improve and create autistic trait measures and analyse autistic traits more widely. I also explore how autistic traits relate and interact with other social psychological factors, such as compensation strategies.
Spectrum spoke to the researchers who uncovered an error in autism screening guidelines that have been in use for nearly a decade.
The U.K. clinical guidelines used to screen for autism contain an error, which may have resulted in many delayed or missed diagnoses over the past decade.
An alternative, albeit less quantitative, way to trace this history is through the people who carried ideas between the fields.
An alternative, albeit less quantitative, way to trace this history is through the people who carried ideas between the fields.
Many of the design choices present in the current generation of artificial-intelligence tools parallel purported properties of the brain.
Many of the design choices present in the current generation of artificial-intelligence tools parallel purported properties of the brain.
A citation analysis reveals that the connection between the two fields is real and gaining momentum. But it’s also narrow and tool-heavy; we need to find ways to widen it.
A citation analysis reveals that the connection between the two fields is real and gaining momentum. But it’s also narrow and tool-heavy; we need to find ways to widen it.