Predictive sensorimotor control in autism
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Autism spectrum disorder has been characterized by atypicalities in how predictions and sensory information are processed in the brain. To shed light on this relationship in the context of sensorimotor control, we assessed prediction-related measures of cognition, perception, gaze and motor functioning in a large general population (n = 92; Experiment 1) and in clinically diagnosed autistic participants (n = 29; Experiment 2). In both experiments perception and action were strongly driven by prior expectations of object weight, with large items typically predicted to weigh more than equally-weighted smaller ones. Interestingly, these predictive action models were used comparably at a sensorimotor level in both autistic and neurotypical individuals with varying levels of autistic-like traits. Specifically, initial fingertip force profiles and resulting action kinematics were both scaled according to participants' pre-lift heaviness estimates, and generic visual sampling behaviours were notably consistent across groups. These results suggest that the weighting of prior information is not chronically underweighted in autism, as proposed by simple Bayesian accounts of the disorder. Instead, our results cautiously implicate context-sensitive processing mechanisms, such as precision modulation and hierarchical volatility inference. Together, these findings present novel implications for both future scientific investigations and the autism community.
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- Authors
- Arthur, T., Vine, S., Brosnan, M., & Buckingham, G.
- Affiliations
- University of Exeter (GB)
- University of Bath (GB)
- Corresponding author
- Buckingham, Gavin
- Venue
- Brain
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press (OUP)
- Published
- 2020-09-25
- Volume
- 143
- Issue
- 10
- Pages
- 3151-3163
- ISSN
- 0006-8950 (ISSN-L)
- 1460-2156
- OpenAlex
- W3044888722
- Cited by
- 29
- References
- 77
- Citations by year
- 2026: 2 · 2025: 5 · 2024: 3 · 2023: 10 · 2022: 6 · 2021: 3
- FWCI
- 2.55
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- Licence
- Locations
- Brain (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Open Research Exeter (University of Exeter) (acceptedVersion)
- Figshare (submittedVersion)
- Pure (University of Bath) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
- OSF Preprints (OSF Preprints) (submittedVersion)
- Funders
- Economic and Social Research Council (ES/P000630/1)
- South-West Doctoral Training Partnership
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Autism Spectrum Disorder Research
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Action Observation and Synchronization
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Embodied and Extended Cognition
- Keywords
- autism spectrum disorder, sensorimotor control, predictive processing, prior expectations, Bayesian inference, grip force, gaze behavior, autistic traits
- MeSH terms
- Adolescent, Adult, Autistic Disorder, Female, Fixation, Ocular, Humans, Male, Predictive Value of Tests, Psychomotor Performance, Lifting, Young Adult
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