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Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

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25-07-2017 | Original Paper

Olfactory Processing in Male Children with Autism: Atypical Odor Threshold and Identification

Auteurs: Filippo Muratori, Alessandro Tonacci, Lucia Billeci, Tiziana Catalucci, Roberta Igliozzi, Sara Calderoni, Antonio Narzisi

Gepubliceerd in: Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders | Uitgave 10/2017

Abstract

Sensory issues are of great interest in ASD diagnosis. However, their investigation is mainly based on external observation (parent reports), with methodological limitations. Unobtrusive olfactory assessment allows studying autism neurosensoriality. Here, 20 male children with high-functioning ASD and 20 matched controls were administered a complete olfactory test battery, assessing olfactory threshold, identification and discrimination. ASD children show lower sensitivity (p = 0.041), lower identification (p = 0.014), and intact odor discrimination (p = 0.199) than controls. Comparing olfactory and clinical scores, a significant correlation was found in ASD between olfactory threshold and the CBCL social problems (p = 0.011) and aggressive behavior (p = 0.012) sub-scales. The pattern featuring peripheral hyposensitivity, high-order difficulties in odor identification and regular subcortical odor discrimination is discussed in light of hypo-priors hypothesis for autism.

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Titel: Olfactory Processing in Male Children with Autism: Atypical Odor Threshold and Identification
Auteurs: Filippo Muratori
Alessandro Tonacci
Lucia Billeci
Tiziana Catalucci
Roberta Igliozzi
Sara Calderoni
Antonio Narzisi
Publicatiedatum: 25-07-2017
Uitgeverij: Springer US
Gepubliceerd in: Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders / Uitgave 10/2017
Print ISSN: 0162-3257
Elektronisch ISSN: 1573-3432
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-017-3250-x

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