A Psychometrically Robust Screening Tool To Rapidly Identify Socially Impaired Monkeys In The General Population.
Catherine F Talbot, Joseph P Garner, Alyssa C Maness, Brenda McCowan, John P Capitanio, Karen J Parker
PMID 32677285WHAT IT FOUND
This paper validates a social impairment screening tool for rhesus macaques to aid autism research in animal models.
It contains no human data, clinical outcomes, or interventions, and therefore offers nothing for physical, occupational, or speech-language therapy practice.
What this paper is
This is a validation study for a screening tool used in rhesus macaques to identify social impairment in animal models of autism. It reports no human participants, clinical outcomes, or interventions applicable to human therapy, so there is nothing here to change your practice on.
The easy way to misread this
Do not assume that a tool validated in monkeys for autism research has any application to human patients or clinical therapy settings.