2007
DOI: 10.1007/s10803-007-0370-8
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Tactile Perception in Adults with Autism: a Multidimensional Psychophysical Study

Abstract: Although sensory problems, including unusual tactile sensitivity, are heavily associated with autism, there is a dearth of rigorous psychophysical research. We compared tactile sensation in adults with autism to controls on the palm and forearm, the latter innervated by low-threshold unmyelinated afferents subserving a social/affiliative submodality of somatosensation. At both sites, the groups displayed similar thresholds for detecting light touch and innocuous sensations of warmth and cool, and provided simi… Show more

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“…Our results indicate that these differences may be present in multiple sensory domains, and it would be interesting to see whether the differences observed in touch (Cascio et al, 2008) and taste (Tavassoli & Baron-Cohen, 2011) for those with ASD are replicated in low/high AQ scorers within the general population.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 80%
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“…Our results indicate that these differences may be present in multiple sensory domains, and it would be interesting to see whether the differences observed in touch (Cascio et al, 2008) and taste (Tavassoli & Baron-Cohen, 2011) for those with ASD are replicated in low/high AQ scorers within the general population.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 80%
“…A number of experimental studies have discovered differences between ASD and control groups in a variety of sensory modalities including vision (see Simmons et al, 2009, for a review), hearing (see Haesen, Boets & Wagemans, 2010, for a review), touch (Cascio et al, 2008), the vestibular system (Kern et al, 2007a), smell (Bennetto, Kuschner & Hyman, 2007) and taste (Tavassoli & Baron-Cohen, 2012), and this consensus will shortly be reflected in revised diagnostic criteria for ASD (APA, 2011). One consistent difference observed in both the visual (Shah & Frith, 1983) and auditory (Mottron, Peretz & Ménard, 2000) domains, is that individuals with ASD tend to exhibit superior local processing.…”
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confidence: 99%
“…However, despite differences in some aspects of sensory processing (Bertone, Mottron, Jelenic, & Faubert, 2005;Cascio et al, 2008;Shah & Frith, 1983) there do not appear to be differences in the visual contrast sensitivity (Bertone et al, 2005), visual acuity (Bölte et al, 2012) or absolute hearing (Khalfa SENSORY EXPERIENCES AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDERS 6 et al, 2004) thresholds of individuals with ASD and typically developing controls. One potential explanation for this is that people with ASD are not better able to sense stimuli per se; instead, they might process certain aspects of sensory stimuli differently to individuals without ASD.…”
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confidence: 99%
“…On a tactile discrimination task, O'Riordan & Passetti (2006) found no differences in children with autism compared with controls.) Cascio et al (2008) investigated tactile sensation and reported increased sensitivity to vibrations and thermal pain in ASC, while detection to light touch and warmth/cold was similar in both groups.…”
Section: Sensory Hypersensitivitymentioning
confidence: 99%