Sensory perception in autism

Robertson, Caroline E.; Baron‐Cohen, Simon

doi:10.1038/nrn.2017.112

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“…Both ASD and SZ patients have been found to have sensory perception differences [APA, 2013], including impairment in auditory processing. However, the impairment in individuals with ASD seems to be confined to complex auditory information processing, which is specific to social-communicative information [Baum, Stevenson, & Wallace, 2015;Robertson & Baron-Cohen, 2017]. On the other hand, SZ patients have been found to be impaired in basic auditory information processing such as tone matching [Javitt & Sweet, 2015].…”

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Differential profiles of response inhibition deficit between male children with autism spectrum disorders and schizophrenia

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Autism spectrum disorders (ASD) and schizophrenia (SZ) are both associated with response inhibition impairment. However, the relative pattern of deficits in these two disorders remains unclear. Twenty‐three male children with ASD, 23 male children with SZ, and 32 typically developing male controls were recruited to complete a set of tasks measuring response inhibition in the visual, auditory, and verbal domains. We found that visual, auditory, and verbal response inhibitions were impaired in both children with ASD and children with SZ. Compared with typically developing controls, children with ASD made more commission errors whereas children with SZ responded much slower in the visual response inhibition task. Both clinical groups showed comparable impairment in verbal response inhibition, but children with SZ were more impaired in auditory response inhibition than children with ASD. These different patterns of response inhibition deficit between male children with ASD and SZ may help to differentiate between these two disorders and may be potential targets for intervention. Autism Res 2020, 13: 591–602. © 2019 International Society for Autism Research, Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Lay Summary In this study, we found that male children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) made more commission errors whereas male children with schizophrenia (SZ) responded much slower in the visual response inhibition task. Both clinical groups exhibited comparable impairments in verbal response inhibition, but male children with SZ were more impaired in auditory response inhibition than male children with ASD. Our findings provide potential targets for intervention.

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Differential profiles of response inhibition deficit between male children with autism spectrum disorders and schizophrenia

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“…Social processing has been largely investigated in ASD with reports of atypical processing of social information [e.g., Adolphs, Sears, & Piven, 2001]. Yet, recently, early sensory brain responses to social stimuli (e.g., faces) have been described as atypical in ASD [Batty, Meaux, Wittemeyer, Roge, & Taylor, 2011;Hileman, Henderson, Mundy, Newell, & Jaime, 2011], suggesting that social difficulties might be rooted in peculiar sensory processing [see Mottron & Burack, 2001;Robertson & Baron-Cohen, 2017;Thye, Bednarz, Herringshaw, Sartin, & Kana, 2017]. Alongside these atypical brain responses, an atypical exploration of social stimuli [Guillon, Hadjikhani, Baduel, & Roge, 2014;Johnson, Lum, Rinehart, & Fielding, 2016;Jones & Klin, 2013;Klin, Jones, Schultz, Volkmar, & Cohen, 2002] and a failure to orient attention to relevant social stimuli are often reported in ASD [Klin et al, 2002;Klin, Shultz, & Jones, 2015].…”

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Faster eye movements in children with autism spectrum disorder

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Atypical visual exploration of both social and nonsocial scenes is often reported in Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) with less precise and longer saccades, potentially reflecting difficulties in oculomotor control. To assess a subset of oculomotor functions in ASD, 20 children with ASD and 21 age‐matched typically developing (TD) children (2.6–11.5 years) partook in three tasks of increasing complexity, while no explicit instruction was provided: a prosaccade gap task, a color and a “categorical” visual search tasks (a face among butterflies and vice‐versa). In addition to classical saccade metrics, we measured Distance error, (the distance between the target and the closest gaze position) and Time‐to‐target (the time taken to reach the target). In the prosaccade task, children with ASD were as accurate as TD children, yet faster to reach the stimulus. In the color visual search task, children with ASD were faster but less precise than TD children. In the categorical visual search, while TD children were more precise in orienting their gaze towards the face, children with ASD performed similarly in the two conditions; Time‐to‐target did not differ. Our results provide contradictory evidence regarding enhanced visual search ability in ASD: when considering response times, enhanced visual search performance was found in one task only, while when considering gaze precision no advantage was found. These three experiments demonstrate that the automatic saccadic system may function more rapidly in children with ASD. Nonetheless, a diminished sensitivity to bottom–up saliency and top–down influence might suppress this advantage in more complex visual environments. Autism Res 2019, 12: 212–224 © 2018 International Society for Autism Research, Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Lay summary Three experiments with no instructions were designed to assess oculomotor functions in children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). In a saccade task, children with ASD were faster than but as accurate as control children. In visual search tasks, accuracy and speed decreased with increasing complexity of visual environment. Children with ASD showed faster automatic visual orientation, but this might hinder exploratory behaviors, leading to difficulties in complex and social situations.

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“…Oral dysesthesia in people with autistic traits might stem from impaired habituation in sensory perception that is reported in autism spectrum disorder . The onset of oral dysesthesia often follows dental procedures, such as orthodontic or surgical interventions .…”

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Oral dysesthesia associated with autistic traits: a retrospective chart review

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Umezaki

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European J Oral Sciences

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Oral dysesthesia denotes a condition characterized by abnormal sensations in oral regions without a somatic basis, and is often seen in people with autistic traits, including those with autism spectrum disorder. This study aimed to examine the association between the symptoms of oral dysesthesia and the degree of autistic traits. A retrospective chart review was performed on 44 patients with oral dysesthesia, and associations among the subscales of the Oral Dysesthesia Rating Scale (Oral DRS), Autism Spectrum Quotient (AQ), and Glasgow Sensory Questionnaire (GSQ) were investigated. A Pearson correlation analysis revealed a significant, positive correlation between AQ scores and the A3 (squeezing or pulling) subscale of the Oral DRS (r = 0.37), but there were no significant correlations between the AQ and other subscale scores. There was a significant correlation between the AQ and GSQ score, but no correlation was detected between the GSQ and A3 scores or any other Oral DRS subscale scores. In conclusion, an abnormal squeezing or pulling sensation in oral regions without a somatic basis was associated with autistic traits and could be highlighted as a specific abnormality in sensory processing in autism spectrum disorder.

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Sensory perception in autism

Cited by 805 publications

References 245 publications

Differential profiles of response inhibition deficit between male children with autism spectrum disorders and schizophrenia

Differential profiles of response inhibition deficit between male children with autism spectrum disorders and schizophrenia

Faster eye movements in children with autism spectrum disorder

Oral dysesthesia associated with autistic traits: a retrospective chart review

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