Within- and Cross-Modal Integration and Attention in the Autism Spectrum.
J Autism Dev Disord
; 50(1): 87-100, 2020 Jan.
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ABSTRACT
Although impairment in sensory integration is suggested in the autism spectrum (AS), empirical evidences remain equivocal. We assessed the integration of low-level visual and tactile information within and across modalities in AS and typically developing (TD) individuals. TD individuals demonstrated increased redundancy gain for cross-modal relative to double tactile or visual stimulation, while AS individuals showed similar redundancy gain between cross-modal and double tactile conditions. We further observed that violation of the race model inequality for cross-modal conditions was observed over a wider proportion of the reaction times distribution in TD than AS individuals. Importantly, the reduced cross-modal integration in AS individuals was not related to atypical attentional shift between modalities. We conclude that AS individuals displays selective decrease of cross-modal integration of low-level information.
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Transtorno Autístico
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Percepção Visual
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Percepção do Tato
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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En
Ano de publicação:
2020
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