A "data note" describing and providing the data from the poster referenced in the previous link.

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This is a link to a poster presenting our next try at improving this task. Short answer, not good enough yet. Jackie will be working on it more this summer.

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From Oswald D: Sensory differences in autism. 11/2013. Online at http://www.autismva.org/dr.oswaldscorner (accessed 12 Feb 2014).

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From the abstract: "We ... administered the Autism Quotient (AQ) along with [three] questionnaire measures of abnormal sensory responsivity. Autism traits were significantly correlated with scores on all three sensory scales (... p < 0.001). This relationship was linear across the whole range of AQ scores and was true both in those with, and without, an ASD diagnosis. It survived correction for an...

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This paper carefully studied distraction from a cognitive task by nociceptive stimuli. The authors conclude: "Loading working memory with pain-unrelated information may reduce the ability of nociceptive input to involuntarily capture attention, and shields cognitive processing from nociceptive distraction. An efficient control of attention over pain is best guaranteed by the ability to maintain ac...

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