ArticleJournal of neuroscience methods2013
A vibrotactile behavioral battery for investigating somatosensory processing in children and adults.
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- Sensory Overresponsivity as a Predictor of Amplitude Discrimination Performance in Youth with ASD.Journal of autism and developmental disorders · 2020Article
- Reproducibility of flutter-range vibrotactile detection and discrimination thresholds.Scientific reports · 2020Article
- Age-Related Reductions in Tactile and Motor Inhibitory Function Start Early but Are Independent.Frontiers in aging neuroscience · 2019Article
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- Autism spectrum disorder in the scope of tactile processing.Developmental cognitive neuroscience · 2018Review
- Altered tactile sensitivity in children with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder.Journal of neurophysiology · 2017Article
- Reduced GABA and altered somatosensory function in children with autism spectrum disorder.Autism research : official journal of the International Society for Autism Research · 2017Article
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Abstract
The cortical dynamics of somatosensory processing can be investigated using vibrotactile psychophysics. It has been suggested that different vibrotactile paradigms target different cortical mechanisms, and a number of recent studies have established links between somatosensory cortical function and measurable aspects of behavior. The relationship between cortical mechanisms and sensory function is particularly relevant with respect to developmental disorders in which altered inhibitory processing has been postulated, such as in ASD and ADHD. In this study, a vibrotactile battery consisting of nine tasks (incorporating reaction time, detection threshold, and amplitude- and frequency discrimination) was applied to a cohort of healthy adults and a cohort of typically developing children to assess the feasibility of such a vibrotactile battery in both cohorts, and the performance between children and adults was compared. These results showed that children and adults were both able to perform these tasks with a similar performance, although the children were slightly less sensitive in frequency discrimination. Performance within different task-groups clustered together in adults, providing further evidence that these tasks tap into different cortical mechanisms, which is also discussed. This clustering was not observed in children, which may be potentially indicative of development and a greater variability. In conclusion, in this study, we showed that both children and adults were able to perform an extensive vibrotactile battery, and we showed the feasibility of applying this battery to other (e.g., neurodevelopmental) cohorts to probe different cortical mechanisms.
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