ArticleJournal of autism and developmental disorders2014
Brief report: visual acuity in children with autism spectrum disorders.
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13 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Association between Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and vision problems. A systematic review and meta-analysis.Molecular psychiatry · 2023Pooled it
- How Do Children and Adolescents with ASD Look at Animals? A Scoping Review.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- "Neural Noise" in Auditory Responses in Young Autistic and Neurotypical Children.Journal of autism and developmental disorders · 2024Article
- Visual-motor involvement in autism spectrum disorder: could the stereopsis deficit affect motor coordination?Frontiers in psychiatry · 2023Article
- A Comparative Study of Corneal Topography in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Cross-Sectional Study.Vision (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Article
- Visual Sensory Experiences From the Viewpoint of Autistic Adults.Frontiers in psychology · 2021Article
- Atypical visual processing in a mouse model of autism.Scientific reports · 2020Article
- Refractive Status and Amblyopia Risk Factors in Chinese Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder.Journal of autism and developmental disorders · 2018Article
- An Examination of the Neural Unreliability Thesis of Autism.Cerebral cortex (New York, N.Y. : 1991) · 2017Article
- Typical magnitude and spatial extent of crowding in autism.Journal of vision · 2016Article
- Brief Report: Vision in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder: What Should Clinicians Expect?Journal of autism and developmental disorders · 2015Article
- Normal Visual Acuity and Electrophysiological Contrast Gain in Adults with High-Functioning Autism Spectrum Disorder.Frontiers in human neuroscience · 2015Article
- Collinear facilitation and contour integration in autism: evidence for atypical visual integration.Frontiers in human neuroscience · 2015Article
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Abstract
Recently, there has been heightened interest in suggestions of enhanced visual acuity in autism spectrum disorders (ASD) which was sparked by evidence that was later accepted to be methodologically flawed. However, a recent study that claimed children with ASD have enhanced visual acuity (Brosnan et al. in J Autism Dev Disord 42:2491-2497, 2012) repeated a critical methodological flaw by using an inappropriate viewing distance for a computerised acuity test, placing the findings in doubt. We examined visual acuity in 31 children with ASD and 33 controls using the 2 m 2000 Series Revised Early Treatment Diabetic Retinopathy Study chart placed at twice the conventional distance to better evaluate possible enhanced acuity. Children with ASD did not demonstrate superior acuity. The current findings strengthen the argument that reports of enhanced acuity in ASD are due to methodological flaws and challenges the reported association between visual acuity and systemising type behaviours.
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