Pre-attentive auditory sensory processing in autistic spectrum disorder. Are electromagnetic measurements telling us a coherent story?

Seri, Stefano; Pisani, Francesco; Thai, Ngoc Jade; Cerquiglini, Antonella

doi:10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2006.03.013

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“…We reiterate the point made elsewhere (Oram Cardy et al, 2005a,b;Seri et al, 2007) that future investigations must also test the specificity of any identified evoked field abnormalities in the auditory system through contrasts with other sensory modalities, with other clinical populations, and of component functions within auditory processing. Only through careful and systematic analyses will we be able to truly determine whether abnormal auditory evoked field patterns are reflective of diffuse neuroanatomical dysfunction evident across any developmental disorder, or, as suggested here, a unique neural marker underlying oral language impairments.…”

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confidence: 53%

“…Identified neural abnormalities are then taken to be associated with the particular behavioral profile of the clinical group. As discussed by Seri et al (2007), to date, the developmental profiles of the participant groups, the paradigms presented, and the neural responses measured across the different studies vary too greatly to reach any coherent conclusions about the role of these neural abnormalities in the clinical presentation. Moreover, particularly in cases that include lower cognitive functioning, it is equally plausible that the observed auditory deficits form part of a broader-based brain dysfunction rather than being directly linked to a specific function such as language ability (or social cognition; see Seri et al).…”

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confidence: 99%

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Auditory evoked fields predict language ability and impairment in children

Cardy

Flagg

Roberts

et al. 2008

International Journal of Psychophysiology

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confidence: 53%

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confidence: 99%

Auditory evoked fields predict language ability and impairment in children

Cardy

Flagg

Roberts

et al. 2008

International Journal of Psychophysiology

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“…Given the scope of this review, only MMN amplitude data are considered here. For information on MMN latency we refer the reader to other recent reviews (Kujala, 2007; Näätänen et al, 2011; Orekhova and Stroganova, 2014; Seri et al, 2007). …”

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confidence: 99%

Sensory processing in autism spectrum disorders and Fragile X syndrome—From the clinic to animal models

Sinclair

Oranje

Razak

et al. 2017

Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews

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Brains are constantly flooded with sensory information that needs to be filtered at the pre-attentional level and integrated into endogenous activity in order to allow for detection of salient information and an appropriate behavioral response. People with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) or Fragile X Syndrome (FXS) are often over- or under-reactive to stimulation, leading to a wide range of behavioral symptoms. This altered sensitivity may be caused by disrupted sensory processing, signal integration and/or gating, and is often being neglected. Here, we review translational experimental approaches that are used to investigate sensory processing in humans with ASD and FXS, and in relevant rodent models. This includes electroencephalographic measurement of event related potentials, neural oscillations and mismatch negativity, as well as habituation and pre-pulse inhibition of startle. We outline robust evidence of disrupted sensory processing in individuals with ASD and FXS, and in respective animal models, focusing on the auditory sensory domain. Animal models provide an excellent opportunity to examine common mechanisms of sensory pathophysiology in order to develop therapeutics.

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“…Preattentive information processing is an essential cognitive function for humans that occurs at the very early stage of information processing [13]. Detecting changes in the surrounding environment outside of conscious attention plays an important role in survival [14]. Particularly, visual preattentive change detection is both possible and necessary for the human visual system to quickly and effectively detect sudden changes in the absence of attention [15].…”

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Impairment in Preattentive Processing among Patients with Hypertension Revealed by Visual Mismatch Negativity

Ren

Wang

et al. 2014

BioMed Research International

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Objective. Patients with hypertension show deficits in cognitive function. However, the neural mechanisms underlying the preattentive information processing in hypertensive patients are poorly understood. We seek to investigate whether hypertensive patients have impairments in preattentive information processing. Methods. We compared visual mismatch negativity (vMMN) between 15 hypertensive patients and 15 age-matched healthy controls, which was elicited by the change of visual duration randomly presented in both peripheral visual fields. In addition, the global cognitive function for all participants was assessed with Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE). Results. The vMMN in deviant-standard comparison was observed at occipital-temporal regions. Compared with normal healthy controls, the amplitude of vMMN was significantly decreased in hypertensive patients (P < 0.05). Meanwhile, the vMMN peak latency was delayed in the hypertensive group (P < 0.05). However, the MMSE scores of patients with hypertension were not significantly different from those of controls (P > 0.05), and there was no significant correlation between the mean amplitude of vMMN and SBP, DBP, and MMSE in hypertensive individuals, respectively. Conclusions. These data indicate dysfunction of automatically change detection processing in patients with hypertension. Moreover, the changes of vMMN provide a more objective and reliable assessment for cognitive impairment in hypertensive patients.

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Pre-attentive auditory sensory processing in autistic spectrum disorder. Are electromagnetic measurements telling us a coherent story?

Cited by 24 publications

References 44 publications

Auditory evoked fields predict language ability and impairment in children

Auditory evoked fields predict language ability and impairment in children

Sensory processing in autism spectrum disorders and Fragile X syndrome—From the clinic to animal models

Impairment in Preattentive Processing among Patients with Hypertension Revealed by Visual Mismatch Negativity

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