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Meta-analysis and systematic review of the literature characterizing auditory mismatch negativity in individuals with autism

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Schwartz, Sophie, Shinn-Cunningham, Barbara, Tager-Flusberg, Helen·2018·Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews

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A number of past studies have used mismatch negativity (MMN) to identify auditory processing deficits in individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Our meta-analysis compared MMN responses for individuals with ASD and typically developing controls (TD). We analyzed 67 experiments across 22 publications that employed passive, auditory-based MMN paradigms with ASD and TD participants. Most studies lacked design characteristics that would lead to an accurate description of the MMN. Variability between experiments measuring MMN amplitude was smaller when limited to studies that counterbalanced stimuli. Reduced MMN amplitude was found among young children with ASD compared to controls and in experiments that used nonspeech sounds. Still, few studies included adolescents or those with below-average verbal IQ. Most studies suffered from small sample sizes, and aggregating these data did not reveal significant group differences. This analysis points to a need for research focused specifically on understudied ASD samples using carefully designed MMN experiments. Study of individual differences in MMN may provide further insights into distinct subgroups within the heterogeneous ASD population.

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  • Experiments focusing on human-human interaction and human-machine interaction have been undertaken, but so far no study has made explicit use of such methods to study the electrophysiology of ASD.

    “Experiments focusing on human-human interaction 104 and human-machine interaction 105 have been undertaken but, so far, no study has ever made explicit use of such methods to study the electrophysiology of ASD.”

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    The Introduction describes EEG and MEG studies of auditory processing in ASD, and the Future Directions section discusses MMN study designs. Neither addresses human–human or human–machine interaction methods or establishes that no study has used them to investigate ASD electrophysiology (searched: interaction and interactive paradigms). (LLM, conf=0.72)

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Authors
Schwartz, S., Shinn-Cunningham, B., & Tager-Flusberg, H.
Affiliations
Boston University (US)
Corresponding author
Schwartz, Sophie
Venue
Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2018-04
Volume
87
Pages
106-117
ISSN
0149-7634 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2790775071
Cited by
137
References
120
Citations by year
2026: 19 · 2025: 20 · 2024: 22 · 2023: 12 · 2022: 13 · 2021: 19 · 2020: 19 · 2019: 11 · 2018: 2
FWCI
1.71
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews (acceptedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (acceptedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
Funders
  • National Institutes of Health (P50 DC013027)
  • Autism Speaks
  • Princeton University (10085)
  • National Science Foundation (SMA-0835976)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Autism Spectrum Disorder Research
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Neuroscience and Music Perception
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Genetics › Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders
Keywords
mismatch negativity, autism spectrum disorder, auditory processing deficits, MMN amplitude, typically developing controls, non-speech sounds, young children with autism, individual differences, sample size limitations
MeSH terms
Autism Spectrum Disorder, Acoustic Stimulation, Auditory Perception, Electroencephalography, Evoked Potentials, Auditory, Humans

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