MUSIC THERAPY AS FACILITATOR OF CONCEPTUAL UNDERSTANDINGn

Music Therapy as a Facilitator of Conceptual Understanding

European Journal of Theoretical and Applied Sciences(6)4, 24-35. 

Tania Justo Román & Manuel Ojea Rúa

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CUADERNO PARA EL DESARROLLO DE LOS PROCESOS COGNITIVOS SUPERIORES EN ESTUDIANTES CON AUTISMO

PROGRAMA DE DESARROLLO DE LOS PROCESOS COGNITIVOS SUPERIORES EN ESTUDIANTES CON AUTISMO

 

PROGRAMA DE INTERVENCIÓN PSICO-EDUCATIVO APLICADO A PERSONAS CON TRASTORNO DEL ESPECTRO AUTISTA (PIPS-E-AP-TEA)

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CEREBRO Y AUTISMO

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26/19/2026

CEREBRO Y AUTISMO

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A Psycho-Educational Method Based on the Theory of Neural Connectivity Applied to People with Autism Spectrum Disorder

Biomedical Journal of Scientific & Technical Research, 66(4), 58888-58897.   BJSTR. MS.ID.010362. 

http://dx.doi.org/10.26717/BJSTR.2026.66.010362

PhD Manuel Ojea Rúa

ABSTRACT

Autism spectrum disorder can be defined as a neuropsychological developmental disorder, featuring severe limitations in information processing, especially in sensory perception and working memory, which makes it impossible to establish the necessary pathways in working memory to create episodic memory; it's the relationship between episodic and semantic memory where context-specific recovery is facilitated. Likewise, from a behavioural perspective, it may involve limitations of differing degrees of intensity in social interaction and communication, as well as stereotyped and restrictive behaviours. This study analysed the consequences of applying the method, called by author the ‘Connectivity Theory’, aiming to assess the improvement in global academic development, specifically owing the positive correlation with to-be-attributed dependent variables, which constitute the different phases and levels of neuropsychological information processing. A total of 6 people with autism participated in this study. The data, analysed throughout 2 school years, were assessed according to the General Linear Model for Repeated Measures (4 measurements), which enabled us identify the intersection between the learning factor 1-2: “learning” and the process variables dependents.

Results found through the analysis of parameter estimates showed a significant positive correlation (< .05) between the factor (codes 1 and 2) and all the dependent variables used, exception being the variable related to stereotyped and restrictive behaviours: "stereotypies" variable.

KEY WORDS

Autism spectrum disorder, neural connectivity, information processing, and applied functional methods.

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Perceptive- Cognitive Functional Learning Model Based on The Self-Management of Students with Autistic Spectrum Disorder: A Comparative Analysis

E-BOOKS In American Journal of Biomedical & Resesarch, September, 2026

ISSN: 2642-1747

DOI: 10.34297/AJBSR.2019.01.000523
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PhD Manuel Ojea Rúa & PhD Nuria Diéguez García

Abstract:

Teaching-learning models applied to students with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) must focus on naturalistic didactic processes to facilitate the self-management of own student through the previous given competences, following local semantic process structure they describe yourinformation processing way. A total of 20 students with ASD have participated in the study, aged between 6 and 14 age years, divided into two groups, an experimental group (EG) consisting of 10 students and a control group (CG) formed by 10 other students. Results found along 3 successive measures over 8 months, performed throughout ANOVA W test of 1-factor comparative measures, allows to conclude the students who belong to EG significantly improved in aspects related to conceptual coding and in self-management of their own learning, with respect to their CG peers.

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Perceptive- Cognitive Functional Learning Model Based on The Self-Management of Students with Autistic Spectrum Disorder: A Comparative Analysis

EXPERIMENTAL VALIDATION OF THE PS-PC-ASD-R (2ND ED.)

Experimental Validation of the Revised Perceptual-Cognitive-Behavioural Precision Scale for The Diagnosis of People with Autism (PS-PC-ASD-R, 2nd ed.) 

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MULTIDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH AND ANALYSIS    ISSN(print): 2643-9840, ISSN(online): 2643-9875 Volume 09 Issue 06 June 2026.

 DOI: 10.47191/ijmra/v9 Page No. 3987-4002

Manuel Ojea Rúa

ABSTRACT: 

This article presents the experimental validation of the Revised Perceptual-Cognitive-Behavioural Precision Scale (PS 2nd ed.) for the Diagnosis of the ASD (Ojea, 2026a), which has been specifically published as free access by Ojea (2026b) and constitutes the validated extension of their original scale, the Perceptual-Cognitive Scale for the Diagnosis of Autism Spectrum Disorder Revised (EPPC-ASD-R) (Ojea, 2024) A total of 346 participants were involved in this new edition, comprising 254 ‘males’ and 92 ‘females’; the study found a high level of statistical reliability, as determined by Cronbach’s alpha reliability analysis (α= .91). Subsequently, the experimental justification is presented, based on the analysis of the transformation of the direct scores (PD) into the typical scores (Z), from which the corresponding percentiles (P) are defined, relating both to the variables being analysed and to the dimensional categories comprising those variables. Final data for which are coded on a quantitative scale, constituting the final diagnostic analysis.  The whole process has been analysed experimentally through specific regression analysis, which demonstrates the significance of the variables collected for the analysis and, consequently, highlights the importance of the dimensions analysed, concluding with an effective diagnosis of ASD. 

KEYWORDS: 

Autism Spectrum Disorder, Specific Diagnosis, Cognition, Perception, Social and Behavioural analysis.

Article Link :  https://ijmra.in/v9i6/77.php

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INTEGRAL DIAGNOSTIC OF PEOPLE WITH AUTISM

Perceptual-Cognitive-Behavioural Precision Scale for Diagnosis of Autism Spectrum Disorder. In European Modern studes Journal, 10(2) ,213-242.

PhD Manuel Ojea Rúa,2026.

Abstract

Regarding the variables of age and gender can be seen in Table 1, which corresponds to 254 (>: "males” and 92 “females”. The Cronbach's alpha reliability analysis is significantly high (=.91), which can be inferred to indicate a high degree of statistical reliability in the study (Ojea, 2026). Finally, the fundamental data that shaped the ASD diagnostic process are indicated, as the direct scores from the observation dimensions (DS) are transformed into their corresponding typical values to continue the rest of the study (ZS), which finally located each Z-score for each participant within the corresponding percentile (P), concluding the ASD diagnostic process.

Key words:

Autism Spectrum Disorder; Diagnosis; Cognition, Perception and Behavioural analysis.

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COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF DIAGNOSIS AND BEHAVIOUR BY GENDER IN PEOPLE WITH ASD

 International Journal of Current Science Research and Review, Vol 9 No 4 (2026), pp. 2177-2190

Comparative analysis of diagnosis and behaviour by gender (men and women) in people with Autism Spectrum Disorder

Manuel Ojea Rúa
Lydia Castro Núñez

ABSTRACT: People with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) constitute a specific group, characterized by neurobiological developmental alterations in systemic development at the level of psycho- cerebral information processing, which affects men at a higher prevalence of 3–4 men for every woman, although little research has been conducted into the causes of this difference. This study aims to analyze, where applicable, whether there are possible differences in the gender variable (men and women) in relation to the etiological basis and subsequent behavior or profile. To this end, a total of 116 participants with ASD took part, comprising 87 men and 29 women, who agreed to answer the questions posed in a questionnaire-interview. As can be seen from the results, it can be concluded that, in relation to the determining statistic of the KMO and Bartlett’s Test factor analysis, the group of men presents a greater explanatory load with regard to the genetic burden associated with the 15q11-q13 chromosomal region (sig: .02); whilst the ‘diseaseway’ variable shows a greater explanatory load in the women’s group in the coefficients of the linear regression analysis, with a significance level of 0.02 in the determinant statistics. However, in no case can significant general differences in the diagnostic process be corroborated between the codes; yet, the coping component in relation to the genetic burden and/or early-onset diseases is clearly differential in the codes of the “gender” variable, which may lead to confusion with current analyses of the diagnostic process. 

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KEYWORDS: Autism Spectrum Disorder, differences in diagnosis between men and women with ASD, behavioral differences related to ‘gender’, genetics and autism, early-life illnesses and autism, environmental and organic factors within the family. 

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RECONCEPTUALIZACIÓN DEL DIAGNÓSTICO DEL AUTISMO

 

Diario La Región, 22-4-2026 (on line puede verse el artículo completo):

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TEST DE DIAGNÓSTICO DEL AUTISMO

 

ESCALA DE DIAGNÓSTICO DEL AUTISMO (VERSIÓN INGLÉS)

BP INTERNATIONAL: India and United Kigndom, February, 2026.

• Description

Currently, diagnostic assessment tools for individuals with ASD, even those that have been empirically validated, are based on the analysis of social and behavioural criteria. However, scientific research in the area of ASD has progressed significantly in developing hypotheses about perceptual-cognitive functioning, which involves highly specific psycho-neurological information processing. These factors, which are so important for understanding how people with ASD interact with the world, are not sufficiently operationalised for the assessment of the disorder in current assessment scales and tests, which can give rise to significant errors in the ASD diagnostic process. For this reason, a Perceptual-Cognitive-Behavioural Integration Scale (PS-PC-ASD-R) was developed for the diagnostic assessment of individuals with ASD.  It systematically integrates social and behavioural variables with factors that form part of the particular mode of perceptual-cognitive processing of individuals with ASD from the initial reception of the stimulus, source memory, the creation of neural relationships or nodes to encoding information by working memory, access to information in semantic and episodic memory, and the processes of retrieving encoded content according to the exigencies of the context. The PS-PC-ASD-R has been empirically validated through various specific quantitative experimental analyses throughout the study. The sample comprised a total of 346 participants, with and without an ASD diagnosis, corresponding to the three levels of intensity (APA, 2013), with a highly reliable level found in the Cronbach’s alpha reliability analysis, which is significantly high (a = .91), which can be inferred to indicate a high degree of statistical reliability in the study. The fundamental data that shaped the ASD diagnostic process are indicated, as the direct scores from the observation dimensions (DS) are transformed into their corresponding typical-score to continue the rest of the study (ZS), which finally located each ZS for each participant within the corresponding percentile (P), concluding the ASD diagnostic process.
Finally, located each ZS total for each participant within the corresponding percentile (P), concluding the ASD’ diagnostic process, concluding, mild ASD (level 1) ranges between the 50th-55th and 65th percentiles, which increases significantly to moderate intensity (level 2) between the 70th and 80th percentiles, and finally, the equivalent score for severe ASD ranges between the 85th and 100th percentiles.

NUEVA TESIS DOCTORAL: GENÉTICA Y AUTISMO

Hoy, 06/02/2026, se ha presentado en la Facultad de Trabajo y Educación Soal de la Escuela Internacional del Doctorado EIDO de la Univeridad de Vigo, una innovadora Tesis Doctoral, titulada ANÁLISIS ETIOLÓGICO DEL TRASTORNO DEL ESPECTRO AUTISTA, fundamentada en los principios psico- epi- genéticos y ambientals, la cual ha obtenido la máxima cualifiación académica.

TESIS DOCTORAL: Análisis etiológico del trastorno del espectro autista, 6/02/2026.

DOCTORANDA: Dra. Lydia Castro Núñez.

DIRECTORES: Manuel Ojea Rúa y Antonio González Fernández.

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IMPORTANCIA DE LA MEMORIA FUENTE PARA EL APRENDIZAJE DE ALUMNOS Y ALUMNAS CON AUTISMO

DIARIO LA REGIÓN, 28/01/2026

 

Comparison between the Autism Diagnostic Interview Revised (ADI-R) and the Perceptual Behavioural Precision Scale (PS-PC-ASD)

Comparison between the Autism Diagnostic Interview Revised (ADI-R) and the Perceptual Behavioural Precision Scale (PS-PC-ASD) for the Diagnosis of Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder

PhD Manuel Ojea Rúa

European Modern Studies Journal, 9(6), 368-383

Abstract

Ojea (2023) has published a Perceptual-Behavioural Precision Scale (PS-PC-ASD) for the diagnosis of individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), which are made up of three main domains weighted based on the number of items 
that each domain contains: 1) the perceptual-cognitive domain, 2) the social domain, and 3) the practical domain, in the aim of incorporating the measurement of cognitive values that involve the level of neuropsychological and biological processing of information, starting from the input of information of the sensory-perceptual memory into the semantic and episodic memory if possible, as well as the interconceptual relationships developed by the coding processes, which provide this access through working memory.

This study compared the data resulting from the ASD' diagnosis, found in accordance with the PS-PC-ASD Scale, in relation to the Autism Diagnostic Interview Revised (ADI-R) (Rutter et al., 2003), which is based mainly on the basic criteria of the currently official International Classification of the American Psychiatric Association (APA) (2013).

The main aim of this study is therefore to observe whether there're statistically significant differences in the diagnosis of people with ASD between the two Scales, the ADI-R Scale and the PS-PC-ASD Scale.

The comparative levels, found through the Wilcoxon statistical test, showed that there were significant differences in the diagnostic results of the participants, according to diagnostic Scale applied (sig: .00).

Furthermore, the Kruskal-Wallis non-parametric test found the variables of 'gender' and 'age' of the participants were interdependent for both Scales. Results didn't were shown significant differences in the variable ‘gender’ for the ADI-R Scale, non-significant critical levels were obtained (sig: .27), nor for the PS-PC-ASD Scale (sig: .81). However, when the PS-PC-ASD Scale was used, significant critical levels were observed for the variable ‘age’ (sig: .01), whereas in the ADI-R Scale, no statistically significant levels were found for ‘age’ variable (sig: .09).

Keywords: ASD, Diagnostic Scale, Cognition, Perception, Social, Behaviour, Neuropsychological Processing.

 Localización del Instituto de Investagaciones Científicas en Autismo, localizado en la Universidad de Vigo.

VALIDATION OF THE PRECISION SCALE PERCEPTIVE-COGNITIVE TO PEOLE WITH ASD DIAGNOSIS 'PS-PC-ASD'

Please, check the publication: https://ejtas.com/index.php/journal/article/view/1751

VALIDATION OF PRECISON SCALE PERCEPTIVE-COGNITVE TO PEOPLE WIHT ASD DIAGNOSIS 'PS-PC-ASD'

INTRODUCTION

Ojea, M. (2026). Validation of Precision Sale Perceptive-Cognitive to Peple with ASD diagnosis PS-PC-ASD'.  European Journal of Theoretical and Applied Sciences, 4(1), 147-168.

Ojea (2023) has published the Precision Scale Perceptivo- Cognitive (PS-PC-ASD), with the aim of determining the diagnosis of people with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), which consists of three main weighted domains: 1) the perceptual-cognitive domain, 2) the social domain, and 3) the practical domain, in order to incorporate the measurement of cognitive neural values, which involve the level of neuropsychological and biological processing of information, from the input of information through perceptual sensory memory to semantic memory and its related episodic memory, as well as the development of interconceptual relationships that develop throughout the processes of information coding through working memory.

In this study, the PS-PC-ASD scale has been validated for a total of N: 346 participants, which is a significantly broad sample, being a highly specific group, of which 112 don’t have any specific diagnosis, 140 have a level 1 autism diagnosis, 67 have level 2, and 27 have level 3, as the International Classification of the American Psychiatric Association (APA, 2013).

The comparative data, obtained using a one-way ANOVA test, as well as the subsequent transformation of all direct scores (DS) found in the observation questionnaire into typical scores (Z), were used to construct the three categorical dimensions with typified scores: 1) processing category, 2) social category, and 3) behavioural category, whose typical sum provides a highly accurate analysis of explanatory variance, analysed using stepwise linear regression analysis, in which the three dimensions exhibit significant critical levels explaining the diagnostic data within the three categories (sig: .00).

Finally, the correspondence of the total sum of typical scores found in accordance with the corresponding percentile, in intervals of five, the 50th percentile has corresponded to the typical average sum of -1.38, from which point a diagnosis compatible with autism can be definitively considered. From this percentile onwards, an increase in intensity implies greater severity in the diagnostic group for this disorder.

In essence, the initial data found for the construction of the Scale has been corroborated, concluding that the Diagnostic Precision scale is a highly effective and positive instrument for the specific diagnostic precision of individuals with ASD.

Keywords: autism spectrum disorder, diagnostic test, perception, cognition, semantic memory, source memory, episodic memory.