Brief Report: Early VEPs to Pattern-Reversal in Adolescents and Adults with Autism.

Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is characterized by atypical visual perception both in the social and nonsocial domain. In order to measure a reliable visual response, visual evoked potentials were recorded during a passive pattern-reversal stimulation in adolescents and adults with and without ASD....

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Publicado en:Journal of Autism & Developmental Disorders Vol. 46; no. 10; pp. 3377 - 3387
Autores principales: Kovarski, K., Thillay, A., Houy-Durand, E., Roux, S., Bidet-Caulet, A., Bonnet-Brilhault, F., Batty, M.
Formato: research tables/charts Journal Article
Publicado: Springer Nature Oct2016
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Sumario:Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is characterized by atypical visual perception both in the social and nonsocial domain. In order to measure a reliable visual response, visual evoked potentials were recorded during a passive pattern-reversal stimulation in adolescents and adults with and without ASD. While the present results show the same age-related changes in both autistic and non-autistic groups, they reveal a smaller P100 amplitude in the ASD group compared to controls. These results confirm that early visual responses are affected in ASD even with a simple, non social and passive stimulation and suggest that they should be considered in order to better understand higher-level processes.