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- Research indicates that sensory overresponsivity in youth with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) may stem from an inability to adapt to sensory stimuli.
- The study focused on the connection between tactile processing and sensory overresponsivity in children both with and without ASD.
- Findings show that children with ASD exhibit a reduced effect from adapting stimuli, implying that sensory overresponsivity could explain their weakened response to adaptation compared to typically developing peers.
Article Abstract
Previous studies have suggested that sensory overresponsivity in youth with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) may be due to a failure to habituate to stimuli. We examined the relationship between performance on three tactile psychophysical tasks and the construct of sensory overresponsivity in children with and without ASD. Sensory overresponsivity predicted amplitude discrimination with an adapting stimulus, as well as the effect of adaptation, for ASD youth. Results replicate previous research that children with ASD are less affected by the presence of an adapting stimulus as compared to typically developing children, and further suggest that sensory overresponsivity may be the mechanism underlying the observed lack of an adaptation effect in children with ASD.
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