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- Title
Sensory Symptoms and Processing of Nonverbal Auditory and Visual Stimuli in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder.
- Authors
Stewart, Claire; Sanchez, Sandra; Grenesko, Emily; Brown, Christine; Chen, Colleen; Keehn, Brandon; Velasquez, Francisco; Lincoln, Alan; Müller, Ralph-Axel
- Abstract
Atypical sensory responses are common in autism spectrum disorder (ASD). While evidence suggests impaired auditory-visual integration for verbal information, findings for nonverbal stimuli are inconsistent. We tested for sensory symptoms in children with ASD (using the Adolescent/Adult Sensory Profile) and examined unisensory and bisensory processing with a nonverbal auditory-visual paradigm, for which neurotypical adults show bisensory facilitation. ASD participants reported more atypical sensory symptoms overall, most prominently in the auditory modality. On the experimental task, reduced response times for bisensory compared to unisensory trials were seen in both ASD and control groups, but neither group showed significant race model violation (evidence of intermodal integration). Findings do not support impaired bisensory processing for simple nonverbal stimuli in high-functioning children with ASD.
- Subjects
ANALYSIS of variance; AUTISM; PSYCHOLOGY of movement; PEDIATRICS; PROBABILITY theory; REACTION time; RESEARCH funding; SENSORY stimulation; STATISTICS; T-test (Statistics); DATA analysis; REPEATED measures design; DESCRIPTIVE statistics; ACOUSTIC stimulation; SYMPTOMS
- Publication
Journal of Autism & Developmental Disorders, 2016, Vol 46, Issue 5, p1590
- ISSN
0162-3257
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s10803-015-2367-z