Multisensory temporal binding window in autism spectrum disorders and schizophrenia spectrum disorders: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Zhou, Haijin; Cai, Xin; Weigl, Michael; Bang, Peter; Cheung, Eric F.C.; Chan, Raymond C.K.

doi:10.1016/j.neubiorev.2017.12.013

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“…Lastly, we employed a bootstrapping procedure to directly compare P ( C = 1), σ sensory noise , and μ ( C =2) values between the ASD and SZ groups. Importantly, it must be acknowledged that the explicit aim of the modeling work here was not to contrast ASD and SZ groups directly, but to ascribe their reported impaired multisensory temporal acuity relative to matched controls (Stevenson et al ., , ; Noel et al ., ,b,c,d; Zhou et al ., ) to particular principled variables. Indeed, the age and gender distribution of patients with ASD and SZ differ in the general population, and hence, matching these groups directly for age and gender would have supposed a deviation from naturalistic conditions.…”

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“…Recent work has also emphasized difference in multisensory temporal function in ASD (Stevenson et al ., ,b,c,d, ) and SZ (Stevenson et al ., ). Here, we extend this prior work by suggesting that while from a descriptive and phenomenological standpoint, ASD and SZ populations appear to judge multisensory synchrony similarly across a range of temporal disparities (Zhou et al ., ), the cause behind these differences may be distinct. These potentially interesting mechanistic differences were revealed through the use of a causal inference model (Magnotti et al ., ).…”

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“…In concert with the adaptive value ascribed to possessing extended windows of time over which sensory information is bound, findings suggest that the TBW is highly plastic (Powers et al ., ; Stevenson et al ., , ; Schlesinger et al ., ; De Niear et al ., ), dependent upon stimulus structure and complexity (Stevenson et al ., ), and perhaps most importantly, TBWs are anomalous in psychopathology. Indeed, while the general characterization of multisensory processes—and their temporal profile—in psychopathological conditions such as ASD and SZ populations has yield conflicting results, in the case of SZ for instance, stronger (Stone et al ., ), similar (Wynn et al ., ; Zvyagintsev et al ., ), and weaker (Williams et al ., ) multisensory facilitation vs. controls has been reported, the reports regarding multisensory TBWs in psychopathology are largely congruent—inclusively across the distinct pathologies (see Zhou et al ., ; for a recent review and meta‐analysis of multisensory temporal function in ASD and SZ). More precisely, recent work has suggested that individuals with diagnoses of autism spectrum disorder (ASD; Foss‐Feig et al ., ; Kwakye et al ., ; Foxe et al ., ; Stevenson et al ., ; Noel et al ., , ,b) and schizophrenia (SZ; Foucher et al ., ; Martin et al ., ; Su et al ., ; Balz et al ., ; Stevenson et al ., ) possess atypically large TBWs, particularly for speech stimuli.…”

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“…Thus, it should not be assumed that these two groups share similar etiologies of enlarged TBWs. However, to our knowledge, no previous study of temporal perception has examined both ASD and SZ individuals with an emphasis on better elucidating the mechanistic bases of their altered multisensory temporal function (see Zhou et al ., , for a recent review and meta‐analysis). Furthermore, most reports of temporal perception in ASD and SZ rely on descriptive as opposed to principled psychophysical analyses.…”

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Atypical audiovisual temporal function in autism and schizophrenia: similar phenotype, different cause

Noel

Stevenson

Wallace

2018

Eur J of Neuroscience

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Binding across sensory modalities yields substantial perceptual benefits, including enhanced speech intelligibility. The coincidence of sensory inputs across time is a fundamental cue for this integration process. Recent work has suggested that individuals with diagnoses of schizophrenia (SZ) and autism spectrum disorder (ASD) will characterize auditory and visual events as synchronous over larger temporal disparities than their neurotypical counterparts. Namely, these clinical populations possess an enlarged temporal binding window (TBW). Although patients with SZ and ASD share aspects of their symptomatology, phenotypic similarities may result from distinct etiologies. To examine similarities and variances in audiovisual temporal function in these two populations, individuals diagnosed with ASD (n = 46; controls n = 40) and SZ (n = 16, controls = 16) completed an audiovisual simultaneity judgment task. In addition to standard psychometric analyses, synchrony judgments were assessed using Bayesian causal inference modeling. This approach permits distinguishing between distinct causes of an enlarged TBW: an a priori bias to bind sensory information and poor fidelity in the sensory representation. Findings indicate that both ASD and SZ populations show deficits in multisensory temporal acuity. Importantly, results suggest that while the wider TBWs in ASD most prominently results from atypical priors, the wider TBWs in SZ results from a trend toward changes in prior and weaknesses in the sensory representations. Results are discussed in light of current ASD and SZ theories and highlight that different perceptual training paradigms focused on improving multisensory integration may be most effective in these two clinical populations and emphasize that similar phenotypes may emanate from distinct mechanistic causes.

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Atypical audiovisual temporal function in autism and schizophrenia: similar phenotype, different cause

Noel

Stevenson

Wallace

2018

Eur J of Neuroscience

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“…Audiovisual temporal integration is a fundamental process underlying higher order development including cognitive, language, and social functions [Baum, Stevenson, & Wallace, ]. Abnormal widening of the audiovisual TBW, indicating impaired multisensory temporal integration ability, has been shown to be a characteristic of several neurodevelopmental disorders, such as autism, dyslexia, and schizophrenia (see reviews, Wallace & Stevenson, ; Zhou et al, ). Individuals with neurodevelopmental disorders are less sensitive to large audiovisual asynchrony, and their wider TBW is correlated with impaired communicative and language skills [Kaganovich, ; Righi et al, ] and aberrant perceptual experiences [Stevenson et al, ].…”

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Audiovisual temporal integration and rapid temporal recalibration in adolescents and adults: Age‐related changes and its correlation with autistic traits

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Temporal structure is a key factor in determining the relatedness of multisensory stimuli. Stimuli that are close in time are more likely to be integrated into a unified perceptual representation. To investigate the age‐related developmental differences in audiovisual temporal integration and rapid temporal recalibration, we administered simultaneity judgment (SJ) tasks to a group of adolescents (11–14 years) and young adults (18–28 years). No age‐related changes were found in the width of the temporal binding window within which participants are highly likely to combine multisensory stimuli. The main distinction between adolescents and adults was audiovisual temporal recalibration. Although participants of both age groups could rapidly recalibrate based on the previous trial for speech stimuli (i.e., syllable utterances), only adults but not adolescents showed short‐term recalibration for simple and non‐speech stimuli. In both adolescents and adults, no significant correlation was found between audiovisual temporal integration ability and autistic or schizotypal traits. These findings provide new information on the developmental trajectory of basic multisensory function and may have implications for neurodevelopmental disorders (e.g., autism) with altered audiovisual temporal integration. Autism Res 2020, 13: 615–626. © 2019 International Society for Autism Research, Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Lay Summary Utilizing temporal cues to integrate and separate audiovisual information is a fundamental ability underlying higher order social communicative functions. This study examines the developmental changes of the ability to detect audiovisual asynchrony and rapidly adjust sensory decisions based on previous sensory input. In healthy adolescents and young adults, the correlation between autistic traits and audiovisual integration ability failed to reach a significant level. Therefore, more research is needed to examine whether impairment in basic sensory functions is correlated with broader autism phenotype in nonclinical populations. These results may help us understand altered multisensory integration in people with autism.

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Assessing and Intervening with Children with Sensorimotor Impairment

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2022

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Multisensory temporal binding window in autism spectrum disorders and schizophrenia spectrum disorders: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Cited by 106 publications

References 89 publications

Atypical audiovisual temporal function in autism and schizophrenia: similar phenotype, different cause

Atypical audiovisual temporal function in autism and schizophrenia: similar phenotype, different cause

Audiovisual temporal integration and rapid temporal recalibration in adolescents and adults: Age‐related changes and its correlation with autistic traits

Assessing and Intervening with Children with Sensorimotor Impairment

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