Brief report: suboptimal auditory localization in autism spectrum disorder: support for the Bayesian account of sensory symptoms
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Convergent research suggests that people with ASD have difficulties localizing sounds in space. These difficulties have implications for communication, the development of social behavior, and quality of life. Recently, a theory has emerged which treats perceptual symptoms in ASD as the product of impairments in implicit Bayesian inference; as suboptimalities in the integration of sensory evidence with prior perceptual knowledge. We present the results of an experiment that applies this new theory to understanding difficulties in auditory localization, and we find that adults with ASD integrate prior information less optimally when making perceptual judgments about the spatial sources of sounds. We discuss these results in terms of their implications for formal models of symptoms in ASD.
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In a survey of therapists with experience of working with autistic individuals, the most frequently reported barrier to the therapeutic process was black and white thinking, with 40% of therapists noting this.
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- Authors
- Skewes, J. C., & Gebauer, L.
- Affiliations
- Aarhus University (DK)
- Corresponding author
- Skewes, Joshua C.
- Venue
- Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders
- Published
- 2016-03-24
- Volume
- 46
- Issue
- 7
- Pages
- 2539-2547
- ISSN
- 0162-3257 (ISSN-L)
- 1573-3432
- OpenAlex
- W2307427813
- Cited by
- 27
- References
- 72
- Citations by year
- 2026: 2 · 2025: 1 · 2024: 3 · 2023: 1 · 2022: 3 · 2021: 3 · 2020: 6 · 2019: 1 · 2018: 1 · 2017: 2 · 2016: 4
- FWCI
- 1.70
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Licence
- www.springer.com/tdm (tdm)
- Locations
- Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- Aarhus Universitet
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Autism Spectrum Disorder Research
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Multisensory perception and integration
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Tactile and Sensory Interactions
- Keywords
- autism spectrum disorder, sound localization, Bayesian inference, perceptual integration, prior information, spatial hearing, sensory symptoms, perceptual judgment
- MeSH terms
- Autism Spectrum Disorder, Acoustic Stimulation, Adult, Bayes Theorem, Female, Humans, Judgment, Male, Psychomotor Performance, Quality of Life, Reaction Time, Sound Localization
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