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ArticleScientific reports2022

Visual consciousness dynamics in adults with and without autism.

Jan Skerswetat, Peter J Bex, Simon Baron-Cohen

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Article in Scientific reports, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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3 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Jan SkerswetatAnglia Vision Research, Department of Vision and Hearing Sciences, Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge, UK. j.skerswetat@northeastern.edu.
Peter J BexDepartment of Psychology, Northeastern University, Boston, USA.
Simon Baron-CohenAutism Research Centre, Department of Psychiatry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.
Anglia Ruskin University · GBNortheastern University · USUniversity of Cambridge · GB

Funding

ARBi - Assessment and Rehabilitation of Binocular Sensorimotor DisordersR01EY032162 · NEI · NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY · PI Peter John Bex, David G HUNTER · 2022 to 2026
$2.4M
Eye Movement Rehabilitation in Low Vision PatientsR01EY029713 · NEI · NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY · PI BEX, PETER JOHN · 2019 to 2023
$1.9M
Department of HealthNEI NIH HHS R01 EY032162Wellcome TrustWellcome Trust RG69312;RNAG/528
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Sensory differences between autism and neuro-typical populations are well-documented and have often been explained by either weak-central-coherence or excitation/inhibition-imbalance cortical theories. We tested these theories with perceptual multi-stability paradigms in which dissimilar images presented to each eye generate dynamic cyclopean percepts based on ongoing cortical grouping and suppression processes. We studied perceptual multi-stability with Interocular Grouping (IOG), which requires the simultaneous integration and suppression of image fragments from both eyes, and Conventional Binocular Rivalry (CBR), which only requires global suppression of either eye, in 17 autistic adults and 18 neurotypical participants. We used a Hidden-Markov-Model as tool to analyze the multistable dynamics of these processes. Overall, the dynamics of multi-stable perception were slower (i.e. there were longer durations and fewer transitions among perceptual states) in the autistic group compared to the neurotypical group for both IOG and CBR. The weighted Markovian transition distributions revealed key differences between both groups and paradigms. The results indicate overall lower levels of suppression and decreased levels of grouping in autistic than neurotypical participants, consistent with elements of excitation/inhibition imbalance and weak-central-coherence theories.

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Autistic DisorderAdultConsciousnessHumansPhotic StimulationVision, BinocularVisual Perception

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PMID35288609
PMCPMC8921201
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