Children with Autism Show Impaired Oculomotor Entrainment to Predictable Stimuli.

ABSTRACT: Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) show altered synchronization with external events, which may underlie the rigidity and reduced adaptability that characterize the condition. We previously demonstrated that electroencephalography (EEG) recorded from children with ASD reveals impaired neuronal entrainment to predictable visual sequences. Whether similar effects are reflected in other physiological signals remains unclear. Here, we investigated whether eye movement and pupil dilation responses exhibit comparable entrainment differences in ASD. Microsaccades (MS) and pupil diameter were recorded from 31 children with ASD (6-9 years) and 21 age- and IQ-matched typically developing (TD) controls during a task in which four equally spaced visual cues preceded an auditory target. We

SUBMITTER: Beker S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12424791 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature