Spatio-temporal processing of tactile stimuli in autistic children
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Altered multisensory integration has been reported in autism; however, little is known concerning how the autistic brain processes spatio-temporal information concerning tactile stimuli. We report a study in which a crossed-hands illusion was investigated in autistic children. Neurotypical individuals often experience a subjective reversal of temporal order judgments when their hands are stimulated while crossed, and the illusion is known to be acquired in early childhood. However, under those conditions where the somatotopic representation is given priority over the actual spatial location of the hands, such reversals may not occur. Here, we showed that a significantly smaller illusory reversal was demonstrated in autistic children than in neurotypical children. Furthermore, in an additional experiment, the young boys who had higher Autism Spectrum Quotient (AQ) scores generally showed a smaller crossed hands deficit. These results suggest that rudimentary spatio-temporal processing of tactile stimuli exists in autistic children, and the altered processing may interfere with the development of an external frame of reference in real-life situations.
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Children with autism spectrum disorder show a weaker illusory reversal of temporal order judgments in the crossed hand illusion.
“children with ASD also show reduced illusory reversal of temporal order judgments in the crossed hand illusion (Wada et al., 2014).”
From Behavioral, Perceptual, and Neural Alterations in Sensory and Multisensory Function in Autism Spectrum Disorder (2015) · cites this paper as Wada et al., 2014
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- Authors
- Wada, M., Suzuki, M., Takaki, A., Miyao, M., Spence, C., & Kansaku, K.
- Affiliations
- National Rehabilitation Center for Persons with Disabilities (JP)
- National Center For Child Health and Development (JP)
- University of Oxford (GB)
- University of Electro-Communications (JP)
- Corresponding author
- Kansaku, Kenji
- Venue
- Scientific Reports
- Published
- 2014-08-07
- Volume
- 4
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 5985-5985
- ISSN
- 2045-2322 (ISSN-L)
- PMC
- PMC4124471
- OpenAlex
- W2007627539
- Cited by
- 44
- References
- 60
- Citations by year
- 2026: 3 · 2025: 2 · 2024: 1 · 2023: 2 · 2022: 2 · 2021: 6 · 2020: 5 · 2019: 6 · 2018: 5 · 2017: 3 · 2016: 4 · 2015: 5
- FWCI
- 2.23
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- gold
- doi.org
- Locations
- Scientific Reports (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology
- Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (23300151)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Autism Spectrum Disorder Research
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Tactile and Sensory Interactions
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Multisensory perception and integration
- Keywords
- autism spectrum disorder, temporal order judgment, tactile stimuli, space-time processing, multisensory integration, somatotopic representation, Autism Spectrum Quotient, children with autism
- MeSH terms
- Autistic Disorder, Child, Female, Hand, Humans, Illusions, Judgment, Functional Laterality, Male, Physical Stimulation, Psychophysics, Reaction Time, Space Perception, Time Perception, Touch, Touch Perception
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