Sensory perception in autism

CE Robertson, S Baron-Cohen - Nature Reviews Neuroscience, 2017 - nature.com
Autism is a complex neurodevelopmental condition, and little is known about its
neurobiology. Much of autism research has focused on the social, communication and …

[HTML][HTML] The impact of atypical sensory processing on social impairments in autism spectrum disorder

MD Thye, HM Bednarz, AJ Herringshaw… - Developmental cognitive …, 2018 - Elsevier
Altered sensory processing has been an important feature of the clinical descriptions of
autism spectrum disorder (ASD). There is evidence that sensory dysregulation arises early …

Behavioral, perceptual, and neural alterations in sensory and multisensory function in autism spectrum disorder

SH Baum, RA Stevenson, MT Wallace - Progress in neurobiology, 2015 - Elsevier
Although sensory processing challenges have been noted since the first clinical descriptions
of autism, it has taken until the release of the fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical …

[HTML][HTML] Oxytocin enhances social recognition by modulating cortical control of early olfactory processing

LL Oettl, N Ravi, M Schneider, MF Scheller… - Neuron, 2016 - cell.com
Oxytocin promotes social interactions and recognition of conspecifics that rely on olfaction in
most species. The circuit mechanisms through which oxytocin modifies olfactory processing …

Reduced GABAergic action in the autistic brain

CE Robertson, EM Ratai, N Kanwisher - Current Biology, 2016 - cell.com
An imbalance between excitatory/inhibitory neurotransmission has been posited as a central
characteristic of the neurobiology of autism [1], inspired in part by the striking prevalence of …

Sensory abnormalities in autism spectrum disorders: a focus on the tactile domain, from genetic mouse models to the clinic

L Balasco, G Provenzano, Y Bozzi - Frontiers in Psychiatry, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Sensory abnormalities are commonly recognized as diagnostic criteria in autism spectrum
disorder (ASD), as reported in the last edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of …

GABAB receptor modulation of visual sensory processing in adults with and without autism spectrum disorder

Q Huang, AC Pereira, H Velthuis, NML Wong… - Science translational …, 2022 - science.org
Sensory atypicalities in autism spectrum disorder (ASD) are thought to arise at least partly
from differences in γ-aminobutyric acid (GABA) receptor function. However, the evidence to …

[HTML][HTML] Visual perception in autism spectrum disorder: a review of neuroimaging studies

S Chung, JW Son - Journal of the Korean Academy of Child and …, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Although autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a neurodevelopmental disorder characterized
by social impairments, patients with ASD frequently manifest atypical sensory behaviors …

Sensory processing in autism across exteroceptive and interoceptive domains.

I Proff, GL Williams, L Quadt… - Psychology & …, 2022 - psycnet.apa.org
Objective: The current article discusses recent literature on perceptual processing in autism
and aims to provide a critical review of existing theories of autistic perception and …

Global motion perception in autism spectrum disorder: a meta-analysis

R Van der Hallen, C Manning, K Evers… - Journal of autism and …, 2019 - Springer
Visual perception in individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is often debated in
terms of enhanced local and impaired global perception. Deficits in global motion perception …