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ReviewDevelopmental cognitive neuroscience2018

The impact of atypical sensory processing on social impairments in autism spectrum disorder.

Melissa D Thye, Haley M Bednarz, Abbey J Herringshaw, Emma B Sartin, Rajesh K Kana

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Review in Developmental cognitive neuroscience, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 245 papers, 9 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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245citing papers in PubMed, 9 pooled it
15.6field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

245 citing papers in PubMed, 9 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 490 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Auditory Sensitivity in Autism: A Systematic Review of Mismatch Negativity and Mismatch Field Responses.Autism research : official journal of the International Society for Autism Research · 2026
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  7. Gaze and social functioning associations in autism spectrum disorder: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Autism research : official journal of the International Society for Autism Research · 2022
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  8. Music therapy for autistic people.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2022
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Melissa D ThyeDepartment of Psychology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35233, United States.
Haley M BednarzDepartment of Psychology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35233, United States.
Abbey J HerringshawDepartment of Psychology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35233, United States.
Emma B SartinDepartment of Psychology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35233, United States.
Rajesh K KanaDepartment of Psychology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35233, United States. Electronic address: rkana@uab.edu.
University of Alabama at Birmingham · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Altered sensory processing has been an important feature of the clinical descriptions of autism spectrum disorder (ASD). There is evidence that sensory dysregulation arises early in the progression of ASD and impacts social functioning. This paper reviews behavioral and neurobiological evidence that describes how sensory deficits across multiple modalities (vision, hearing, touch, olfaction, gustation, and multisensory integration) could impact social functions in ASD. Theoretical models of ASD and their implications for the relationship between sensory and social functioning are discussed. Furthermore, neural differences in anatomy, function, and connectivity of different regions underlying sensory and social processing are also discussed. We conclude that there are multiple mechanisms through which early sensory dysregulation in ASD could cascade into social deficits across development. Future research is needed to clarify these mechanisms, and specific focus should be given to distinguish between deficits in primary sensory processing and altered top-down attentional and cognitive processes.

Indexed as

SensationSocial BehaviorAttentionAutism Spectrum DisorderCognitionHumansAutism spectrum disorderSensorySensory sensitivitySocial cognition

Identifiers

PMID28545994
PMCPMC6987885
OpenAlexW2616084157

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