Motion processing in autism: evidence for a dorsal stream deficiency
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We report that motion coherence thresholds in children with autism are significantly higher than in matched controls. No corresponding difference in form coherence thresholds was found. We interpret this as a specific deficit in dorsal stream function in autism. To examine the possibility of a neural basis for the perceptual and motor related abnormalities frequently cited in autism we tested 23 children diagnosed with autistic disorder, on two tasks specific to dorsal and ventral cortical stream functions. The results provide evidence that autistic individuals have a specific impairment in dorsal stream functioning. We conclude that autism may have common features with other developmental disorders and with early stages of normal development, perhaps reflecting a greater vulnerability of the dorsal system.
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In Spencer et al. (2000), there was a smaller and non-significant difference between ASD and control performance in a similar form coherence task.
“There was a smaller and non-significant difference between ASD and control performance in a similar form coherence task.”
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- Authors
- Spencer, J., OʼBrien, J., Riggs, K., Braddick, O., Atkinson, J., & Wattam-Bell, J.
- Affiliations
- London Metropolitan University (GB)
- University of Birmingham (GB)
- University College London (GB)
- Venue
- Neuroreport
- Published
- 2000-08
- Volume
- 11
- Issue
- 12
- Pages
- 2765-2767
- ISSN
- 0959-4965 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2003079555
- Cited by
- 402
- References
- 10
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- FWCI
- 3.38
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- Licence
- cc-by
- Locations
- Neuroreport (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- UCL Discovery (University College London) (submittedVersion)
- Repository@Hull (Worktribe) (University of Hull) (submittedVersion, cc-by)
- Repository@Hull (Worktribe) (University of Hull) (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Autism Spectrum Disorder Research
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Visual perception and processing mechanisms
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Action Observation and Synchronization
- Keywords
- autism spectrum disorder, motion coherence, dorsal stream, ventral stream, visual motion processing, perceptual deficits, children, developmental disorders
- MeSH terms
- Adult, Autistic Disorder, Child, Preschool, Differential Threshold, Form Perception, Humans, Motion Perception, Neural Pathways, Reference Values
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