Sensory sensitivities and performance on sensory perceptual tasks in high-functioning individuals with autism
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Most reports of sensory symptoms in autism are second hand or observational, and there is little evidence of a neurological basis. Sixty individuals with high-functioning autism and 61 matched typical participants were administered a sensory questionnaire and neuropsychological tests of elementary and higher cortical sensory perception. Thirty-two percent of autism participants endorsed more sensory sensitivity items than any control participants. Both groups made few errors on elementary sensory perception items. Controls made few errors on higher cortical sensory perception items, but 30% of the autism participants made high numbers of errors. These findings support the common occurrence of sensory symptoms in high functioning autism based on first person report, and the presence of neurological abnormalities in higher cortical sensory perception.
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Individuals with ASD show behavioral improvements for simple non-social sensory stimuli but deficits for more complex stimuli.
“those with ASD have been reported to show behavioral improvements when perceiving simple, non-social sensory stimuli, yet to show deficits when perceiving more complex stimuli (Bertone et al., 2003, 2005; Bonnel et al., 2003; Minshew and Hobson, 2008; Mottron et al., 2006; Ristic et al., 2005; Vlamings et al., 2005)”
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- Authors
- Minshew, N. J., & Hobson, J. A.
- Affiliations
- University of Pittsburgh (US)
- University College London (GB)
- Corresponding author
- Minshew, Nancy J.
- ORCID
- Minshew, Nancy J.
- Venue
- Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders
- Published
- 2008-02-27
- Volume
- 38
- Issue
- 8
- Pages
- 1485-1498
- ISSN
- 0162-3257 (ISSN-L)
- 1573-3432
- PMC
- PMC3077539
- OpenAlex
- W2070638301
- Cited by
- 154
- References
- 4
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- FWCI
- 3.28
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
- Licence
- www.springer.com/tdm (tdm)
- Locations
- Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (acceptedVersion)
- PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
- UCL Discovery (University College London) (submittedVersion)
- Funders
- Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (P01HD035469, HD35469, U19HD035469, P50HD055748)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Autism Spectrum Disorder Research
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Genetics › Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Psychiatry and Mental health › Schizophrenia research and treatment
- Keywords
- high-functioning autism, sensory sensitivity, sensory symptoms, sensory perception, neurological abnormalities, neuropsychological assessment
- MeSH terms
- Adolescent, Adult, Autistic Disorder, Child, Female, Humans, Luria-Nebraska Neuropsychological Battery, Male, Middle Aged, Neurologic Examination, Perceptual Disorders, Sensation Disorders, Sensory Thresholds
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