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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Published in:Journal of autism and developmental disorders 2016-10, Vol.46 (10), p.3377-3386
Main Authors: Kovarski, K., Thillay, A., Houy-Durand, E., Roux, S., Bidet-Caulet, A., Bonnet-Brilhault, F., Batty, M.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adolescents
Adult
Adults
Age
Age Differences
Autism
Autism Spectrum Disorders
Autistic adolescents
Autistic children
Autistic Disorder - diagnosis
Autistic Disorder - physiopathology
Autistic Disorder - psychology
Behavioral Science and Psychology
Brain
Brain Hemisphere Functions
Brief Report
Child and School Psychology
Cognitive Processes
Cognitive science
Demographic aspects
Developmentally disabled persons
Diagnostic Tests
Electroencephalography
Evoked Potentials, Visual - physiology
Eye Movements
Female
Humans
Interpersonal Relationship
Male
Measurement
Neuroscience
Neurosciences
Pattern Recognition
Pattern Recognition, Visual - physiology
Pediatrics
Pervasive Developmental Disorders
Photic Stimulation - methods
Physiological aspects
Psychology
Public Health
Reversal
Social interaction
Stimulation
Stimuli
Teenagers
Visual Aids
Visual evoked potentials
Visual Perception
Visual Perception - physiology
Visual Stimuli
Young Adult
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Summary: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.
ISSN:0162-3257
1573-3432
DOI:10.1007/s10803-016-2880-8