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ArticleScientific reports2018

Intact perceptual bias in autism contradicts the decreased normalization model.

Sander Van de Cruys, Steven Vanmarcke, Jean Steyaert, Johan Wagemans

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Article in Scientific reports, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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7 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 16 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Prediction in Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Systematic Review of Empirical Evidence.Autism research : official journal of the International Society for Autism Research · 2021
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4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Sander Van de CruysLaboratory of Experimental Psychology, Brain & Cognition, KU Leuven, 3000, Leuven, Belgium. sander.vandecruys@kuleuven.be.ORCID 0000-0003-4831-7800
Steven VanmarckeLaboratory of Experimental Psychology, Brain & Cognition, KU Leuven, 3000, Leuven, Belgium.
Jean SteyaertLeuven Autism Research (LAuRes), KU Leuven, 3000, Leuven, Belgium.
Johan WagemansLaboratory of Experimental Psychology, Brain & Cognition, KU Leuven, 3000, Leuven, Belgium.
VIB-KU Leuven Center for Brain & Disease Research · BEKU Leuven · BE

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

One recent, promising account of Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) situates the cause of the disorder in an atypicality in basic neural information processing, more specifically in how activity of one neuron is modulated by neighboring neurons. The canonical neural computation that implements such contextual influence is called divisive (or suppressive) normalization. The account proposes that this normalization is reduced in ASD. We tested one fundamental prediction of this model for low-level perception, namely that individuals with ASD would show reduced cross-orientation suppression (leading to an illusory tilt perception). 11 young adults with an ASD diagnosis and 12 age-, gender-, and IQ-matched control participants performed a psychophysical orientation perception task with compound grating stimuli. Illusory tilt perception did not differ significantly between groups, indicating typical divisive normalization in individuals with ASD. In fact, all individuals with ASD showed a considerable orientation bias. There was also no correlation between illusory tilt perception and autistic traits as measured by the Social Responsiveness Scale. These results provide clear evidence against the decreased divisive normalization model of ASD in low-level perception, where divisive normalization is best characterized. We evaluate the broader existing evidence for this model and propose ways to salvage and refine the model.

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PerceptionAdultAutism Spectrum DisorderCase-Control StudiesFemaleHumansMaleYoung Adult

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PMCPMC6105689
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