Project

Surprise, surprise! Dealing with unexpected information in autism spectrum disorder.

Code
3F012116
Duration
01 October 2016 → 30 September 2020
Funding
Research Foundation - Flanders (FWO)
Research disciplines
  • Social sciences
    • Animal experimental and comparative psychology
    • Applied psychology
    • Clinical and counseling psychology
    • Human experimental psychology
    • Other psychology and cognitive sciences
  • Medical and health sciences
    • Psychiatry and psychotherapy
    • Psychiatry and psychotherapy
    • Nursing
    • Other paramedical sciences
    • Psychiatry and psychotherapy
Keywords
predictive coding autism spectrum disorder (ASD uncertainty
 
Project description

Recently, exciting new theories have been proposed that use the predictive coding framework to account for the wide heterogeneity of symptoms in autism spectrum disorder. In this project, we aim to test the main hypotheses of these theories on three different levels: the sensory level, the learning level and the social level.