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Basic Abnormalities in Visual Processing Affect Face Processing at an Early Age in Autism Spectrum Disorder

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Vlamings, Petra Hendrika Johanna Maria, Jonkman, Lisa Marthe, van Daalen, Emma, van der Gaag, Rutger Jan, Kemner, Chantal·2010·Biological Psychiatry
DOI 10.1016/j.biopsych.2010.06.024
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Background A detailed visual processing style has been noted in autism spectrum disorder (ASD); this contributes to problems in face processing and has been directly related to abnormal processing of spatial frequencies (SFs). Little is known about the early development of face processing in ASD and the relation with abnormal SF processing. We investigated whether young ASD children show abnormalities in low spatial frequency (LSF, global) and high spatial frequency (HSF, detailed) processing and explored whether these are crucially involved in the early development of face processing.Methods Three- to 4-year-old children with ASD (n = 22) were compared with developmentally delayed children without ASD (n = 17). Spatial frequency processing was studied by recording visual evoked potentials from visual brain areas while children passively viewed gratings (HSF/LSF). In addition, children watched face stimuli with different expressions, filtered to include only HSF or LSF.Results Enhanced activity in visual brain areas was found in response to HSF versus LSF information in children with ASD, in contrast to control subjects. Furthermore, facial-expression processing was also primarily driven by detail in ASD.Conclusions Enhanced visual processing of detailed (HSF) information is present early in ASD and occurs for neutral (gratings), as well as for socially relevant stimuli (facial expressions). These data indicate that there is a general abnormality in visual SF processing in early ASD and are in agreement with suggestions that a fast LSF subcortical face processing route might be affected in ASD. This could suggest that abnormal visual processing is causative in the development of social problems in ASD.

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Authors
Vlamings, P. H. J. M., Jonkman, L. M., van Daalen, E., van der Gaag, R. J., & Kemner, C.
Affiliations
  • Maastricht University (NL)
  • University Medical Center Utrecht (NL)
Corresponding author
Vlamings, Petra Hendrika Johanna Maria
ORCID
Jonkman, Lisa Marthe
Venue
Biological Psychiatry
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2010-12
Volume
68
Issue
12
Pages
1107-1113
ISSN
0006-3223 (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.1016/j.biopsych.2010.06.024
OpenAlex
W2053577316
Cited by
122
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61
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4.66
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journal article
Language
en
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www.elsevier.com/tdm/userlicense/1.0/ (tdm)
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  • Biological Psychiatry (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Research Publications (Maastricht University) (publishedVersion, other-oa)
  • Research Publications (Maastricht University) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Autism Spectrum Disorder Research
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Face Recognition and Perception
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Visual perception and processing mechanisms
Keywords
autism spectrum disorder, face processing, spatial frequency processing, low spatial frequency, high spatial frequency, facial expression perception, visual evoked potentials, early childhood
MeSH terms
Brain, Developmental Disabilities, Child Development Disorders, Pervasive, Child, Preschool, Evoked Potentials, Visual, Facial Expression, Humans, Male, Pattern Recognition, Visual, Photic Stimulation, Psychomotor Performance, Visual Perception

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