Habituation of auditory responses in young autistic and neurotypical children.

ABSTRACT: Prior studies suggest that habituation of sensory responses is reduced in autism and that diminished habituation could be related to atypical autistic sensory experiences, for example, by causing brain responses to aversive stimuli to remain strong over time instead of being suppressed. While many prior studies exploring habituation in autism have repeatedly presented identical stimuli, other studies suggest group differences can still be observed in habituation to intermittent stimuli. The present study explored habituation of electrophysiological responses to auditory complex tones of varying intensities (50-80 dB SPL), presented passively in an interleaved manner, in a well-characterized sample of 127 autistic (M_DQ  = 65.41, SD = 20.54) and 79 typically developing (M_DQ</

SUBMITTER: Dwyer P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10651062 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature