26-05-2020 | Brief Communication | Uitgave 1/2021 Open Access
Atypical Topographical Organization of Global Form and Motion Processing in 5-Month-Old Infants at Risk for Autism
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- Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders > Uitgave 1/2021
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Abstract
Research indicates that individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) are superior at local processing while the integration of local features to global percepts is reduced. Here, we compared infants at familiar risk for ASD to typically developing infants in terms of global coherence processing at 5 months of age, using steady state visually evoked potentials (SSVEP). We found a different topographical organization for global form and motion processing in infants at risk (n = 50) than in controls (n = 23). In contrast, activation patterns for local visual change were strikingly similar between groups. Although preliminary, the results represent the first neurophysiological evidence supporting the view that basic atypicalities in perception may play a role in the developmental pathways leading to ASD.