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Manuel Ojea Rúa es Catedrático de Orientación Educativa (3492563057A0511). Doctor en Psicología- Pedagogía por la U. de Vigo. Especialista en Neuropsicología. Co-director de doctorado en la EIDO de la U. Vigo. Miembro del GI-PS1 (U.Vigo). Es autor de 58 libros, 218 artículos en revistas científícas. Ex-profesor del departamento de AIPSE (U.de Vigo). Ex-Presidente de Instituto de Investigaciones en Autismo. https://orcid.org/my-orcid?orcid=0000-0002-9787-2520. mail: moxea@uvigo.es
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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.
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
PDF link : https://ijmra.in/v9i6/Doc/77.pdf
Index Copernicus : https://journals.indexcopernicus.com/search/article?articleId=4904937
Zenodo Link : https://zenodo.org/records/21060067
Google Scholar : https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=Lqx6f68AAAAJ&view_op=list_works&sortby=pubdate
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.
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