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Brain oscillations and connectivity in autism spectrum disorders (ASD): new approaches to methodology, measurement and modelling

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Kessler, K., Seymour, R.A., Rippon, G.·2016·Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews

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Although atypical social behaviour remains a key characterisation of ASD, the presence of sensory and perceptual abnormalities has been given a more central role in recent classification changes. An understanding of the origins of such aberrations could thus prove a fruitful focus for ASD research. Early neurocognitive models of ASD suggested that the study of high frequency activity in the brain as a measure of cortical connectivity might provide the key to understanding the neural correlates of sensory and perceptual deviations in ASD. As our review shows, the findings from subsequent research have been inconsistent, with a lack of agreement about the nature of any high frequency disturbances in ASD brains. Based on the application of new techniques using more sophisticated measures of brain synchronisation, direction of information flow, and invoking the coupling between high and low frequency bands, we propose a framework which could reconcile apparently conflicting findings in this area and would be consistent both with emerging neurocognitive models of autism and with the heterogeneity of the condition.

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Authors
Kessler, K., Seymour, R. A., & Rippon, G.
Affiliations
Aston University (GB)
Corresponding author
Kessler, K.
Venue
Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2016-12
Volume
71
Pages
601-620
ISSN
0149-7634 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2524446933
Cited by
69
References
203
Citations by year
2026: 2 · 2025: 8 · 2024: 5 · 2023: 8 · 2022: 10 · 2021: 14 · 2020: 7 · 2019: 6 · 2018: 5 · 2017: 4
FWCI
0.53
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews (publishedVersion)
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) (acceptedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Aston Publications Explorer (Aston University) (acceptedVersion)
Funders
  • Macquarie University
  • Aston University
  • Economic and Social Research Council (ES/I019545/1)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Autism Spectrum Disorder Research
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Neural dynamics and brain function
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
Keywords
autism spectrum disorder, neural oscillations, cortical connectivity, high-frequency oscillations, neuronal synchronization, information flow, autism heterogeneity
MeSH terms
Autism Spectrum Disorder, Brain, Brain Mapping, Humans

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