Sensory perception in autism

CE Robertson, S Baron-Cohen - Nature Reviews Neuroscience, 2017 - nature.com
Autism is a complex neurodevelopmental condition, and little is known about its
neurobiology. Much of autism research has focused on the social, communication and …

Behavioral, perceptual, and neural alterations in sensory and multisensory function in autism spectrum disorder

SH Baum, RA Stevenson, MT Wallace - Progress in neurobiology, 2015 - Elsevier
Although sensory processing challenges have been noted since the first clinical descriptions
of autism, it has taken until the release of the fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical …

[HTML][HTML] Developmental pathways to autism: A review of prospective studies of infants at risk

EJH Jones, T Gliga, R Bedford, T Charman… - Neuroscience & …, 2014 - Elsevier
Abstract Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASDs) are neurodevelopmental disorders
characterized by impairments in social interaction and communication, and the presence of …

The construct of the multisensory temporal binding window and its dysregulation in developmental disabilities

MT Wallace, RA Stevenson - Neuropsychologia, 2014 - Elsevier
Behavior, perception and cognition are strongly shaped by the synthesis of information
across the different sensory modalities. Such multisensory integration often results in …

[HTML][HTML] Behavioral and cognitive correlates of the aperiodic (1/f-like) exponent of the EEG power spectrum in adolescents with and without ADHD

BD Ostlund, BR Alperin, T Drew… - Developmental cognitive …, 2021 - Elsevier
Efficient information processing facilitates cognition and may be disrupted in a number of
neurodevelopmental conditions. And yet, the role of inefficient information processing and its …

The relationship between sensory sensitivity and autistic traits in the general population

AE Robertson, DR Simmons - Journal of Autism and Developmental …, 2013 - Springer
Abstract Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASDs) tend to have sensory
processing difficulties (Baranek et al. in J Child Psychol Psychiatry 47: 591–601, 2006) …

Impaired tactile processing in children with autism spectrum disorder

NAJ Puts, EL Wodka, M Tommerdahl… - Journal of …, 2014 - journals.physiology.org
Impaired responses to tactile stimulation are a commonly reported symptom among children
with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Furthermore, impairments in filtering or habituation to …

What is the link between mental imagery and sensory sensitivity? Insights from aphantasia

CJ Dance, J Ward, J Simner - Perception, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
People with aphantasia have impoverished visual imagery so struggle to form mental
pictures in the mind's eye. By testing people with and without aphantasia, we investigate the …

Neural variability: friend or foe?

I Dinstein, DJ Heeger, M Behrmann - Trends in cognitive sciences, 2015 - cell.com
Although we may not realize it, our brain function varies markedly from moment to moment
such that our brain responses exhibit substantial variability across trials even in response to …

Annual research review: Reaction time variability in ADHD and autism spectrum disorders: Measurement and mechanisms of a proposed trans‐diagnostic phenotype

SL Karalunas, HM Geurts, K Konrad… - Journal of Child …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Background Intraindividual variability in reaction time (RT) has received extensive
discussion as an indicator of cognitive performance, a putative intermediate phenotype of …