TY - JOUR A1 - Bölte, Sven A1 - Schlitt, Sabine A1 - Gapp, Volker A1 - Hainz, Daniela A1 - Schirman, Shella A1 - Poustka, Fritz A1 - Weber, Bernhard A1 - Freitag, Christine M. A1 - Ciaramidaro, Angela A1 - Walter, Henrik T1 - A close eye on the eagle-eyed visual acuity hypothesis of autism T2 - Journal of autism and developmental disorders N2 - Autism spectrum disorders (ASD) have been associated with sensory hypersensitivity. A recent study reported visual acuity (VA) in ASD in the region reported for birds of prey. The validity of the results was subsequently doubted. This study examined VA in 34 individuals with ASD, 16 with schizophrenia (SCH), and 26 typically developing (TYP). Participants with ASD did not show higher VA than those with SCH and TYP. There were no substantial correlations of VA with clinical severity in ASD or SCH. This study could not confirm the eagle-eyed acuity hypothesis of ASD, or find evidence for a connection of VA and clinical phenotypes. Research needs to further address the origins and circumstances associated with altered sensory or perceptual processing in ASD. KW - Autism KW - Schizophrenia KW - Vision KW - Attention KW - Sensory processing KW - Bottom-up Y1 - 2012 UR - http://publikationen.ub.uni-frankfurt.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/23557 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-235571 SN - 1573-3432 SN - 0162-3257 N1 - Open Access: This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial License which permits any noncommercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author(s) and source are credited. VL - 42 IS - 5 SP - 726 EP - 733 PB - Springer Science + Business Media B.V. CY - Dordrecht [u. a.] ER -