News Finding: Independent of task, the researchers show that the direction of the effect of autism or psychosis traits on the suppression or rejection of a non-target item is diametrically opposite in the way I suggested above.
Paper Finding: Independent of task, we show that the direction of the effect of autism or psychosis traits on the suppression or rejection of a non-target item is diametrical.
News Context: As these authors point out, our capacity to attend to a target while ignoring irrelevant distraction affects our ability to successfully interpret what we see. Independent of task, the researchers show that the direction of the effect of autism or psychosis traits on the suppression or rejection of a non-target item is diametrically opposite in the way I suggested above. This approach has the advantage of eliminating the confounding effects of duration of illness, active symptomatology or .
Paper Context: Our capacity to attend a target while ignoring irrelevant distraction impacts our ability to successfully interact with our environment. Independent of task, we show that the direction of the effect of autism or psychosis traits on the suppression or rejection of a non-target item is diametrical. In Study 1, in which the presence of a salient non-target item hindered performance, higher autism traits were associated with better performance, while higher psychosis traits were associated with worse performance.