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Sensory and attention abnormalities in autistic spectrum disorders
Abstract
Individuals with autistic spectrum disorders (ASDs) often experience, describe and exhibit unusual patterns of sensation and attention. These anomalies have been hypothesized to result from overarousal and consequent overfocused attention. Parents of individuals with ASD rated items in three domains, 'sensory overreactivity', 'sensory underreactivity' and 'sensory seeking behaviors', of an expanded version of the Sensory Profile, a 103-item rating scale developed for the present study. Parents also rated symptom severity, overselective attention and exceptional memory, and completed the Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scales. Of 222 rated subjects, 144 had complete data. Cluster analysis showed the predicted overfocused pattern of sensation and attention, comprising overreactivity, perseverative behavior and interests, overfocused attention and exceptional memory in 43 percent of this sample. This pattern was striking in 10 percent. The neurological basis of overreactivity and overfocusing is discussed in relation to the overarousal hypothesis. Attention is drawn to its considerable prevalence in the ASD population.
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“Las experiencias sensoriales negativas iniciales serían el inicio de un bucle de realimentación condicionada, de forma que conllevaría una hiperreactividad que produciría una desregulación emocional, generando una experiencia ansiosa que reforzaría la reacción de rechazo/evitación al estímulo sensorial (Liss et al., 2006).”
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“Sensory hyperreactivity, a highly prevalent co-occurring difference in autistic individuals (Liss et al., 2006), was linked to anxiety in line with existing models (Green & Ben-Sasson, 2010; South & Rodgers, 2017).”
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Metadata
- Authors
- Liss, M., Saulnier, C., Fein, D., & Kinsbourne, M.
- Affiliations
- University of Mary Washington (US)
- Yale University (US)
- University of Connecticut (US)
- The New School (US)
- Venue
- Autism
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Published
- 2006-03
- Volume
- 10
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 155-172
- ISSN
- 1362-3613 (ISSN-L)
- 1461-7005
- OpenAlex
- W2137694551
- Cited by
- 450
- References
- 48
- Citations by year
- 2026: 10 · 2025: 15 · 2024: 25 · 2023: 21 · 2022: 32 · 2021: 39 · 2020: 29 · 2019: 25 · 2018: 23 · 2017: 26 · 2016: 35 · 2015: 21 · 2014: 30 · 2013: 25 · 2012: 22
- FWCI
- 5.83
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Autism (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Autism Spectrum Disorder Research
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Psychiatry and Mental health › Child Nutrition and Feeding Issues
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Genetics › Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders
- Keywords
- autism spectrum disorder, sensory seeking, exceptional memory, perseveration, sensory profile, adaptive behavior, symptom severity
- MeSH terms
- Adolescent, Attention, Autistic Disorder, Child, Developmental Disabilities, Cognition Disorders, Female, Humans, Male, Personality Inventory, Psychiatric Status Rating Scales, Psychophysiologic Disorders, Sensation Disorders, Comorbidity, Prevalence, Cluster Analysis, Attention Deficit and Disruptive Behavior Disorders, Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders
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