A close eye on the eagle-eyed visual acuity hypothesis of autism

  • 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.

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Author:Sven BölteORCiDGND, Sabine SchlittGND, Volker Gapp, Daniela Hainz, Shella Schirman, Fritz PoustkaGND, Bernhard Weber, Christine M. FreitagORCiDGND, Angela Ciaramidaro, Henrik Walter
URN:urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-235571
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-011-1300-3
ISSN:1573-3432
ISSN:0162-3257
Pubmed Id:https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21660498
Parent Title (English):Journal of autism and developmental disorders
Publisher:Springer Science + Business Media B.V.
Place of publication:Dordrecht [u. a.]
Document Type:Article
Language:English
Date of Publication (online):2012/10/16
Year of first Publication:2011
Publishing Institution:Universitätsbibliothek Johann Christian Senckenberg
Release Date:2012/10/16
Tag:Attention; Autism; Bottom-up; Schizophrenia; Sensory processing; Vision
Volume:42
Issue:5
Page Number:8
First Page:726
Last Page:733
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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.
HeBIS-PPN:310513197
Institutes:Medizin / Medizin
Dewey Decimal Classification:6 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften / 61 Medizin und Gesundheit / 610 Medizin und Gesundheit
Sammlungen:Universitätspublikationen
Licence (English):License LogoCreative Commons - Namensnennung-Nicht kommerziell 4.0