NIH neurodevelopmental assessment system now available as iPad app
The Transmitter,
Год журнала:
2025,
Номер
unknown
Опубликована: Янв. 1, 2025
Sensory–movement underpinnings of lifelong neurodivergence: getting a grip on autism
Frontiers in Integrative Neuroscience,
Год журнала:
2025,
Номер
19
Опубликована: Апрель 14, 2025
While
the
autism
diagnosis
emphasizes
“deficits”
in
social
communication,
article
advances
that
sensory–movement
differences
underpin
through
a
review
of
following
sources
evidence.
This
account
critically
challenges
“autistic
regression”,
with
evidence
features
appear
by
birth
as
earliest
signs
and
underlie
behavioral
used
for
diagnosis,
which
may
reflect
adaptations
to
inherent
misunderstandings
from
others.
Sensory
motor
are
salient
autistic
people,
but
they
often
go
underrecognized
They
cause
cascading
effects
infancy
on
behavior
communication
sensorimotor
learning,
automatic
imitation,
eye
contact,
sensory
perception,
interests.
The
then
explains
how
processing
influence
reduced
perceptual
narrowing,
involves
bottom-up
information
style
grounded
surrounding
environment.
Furthermore,
this
grow
integration
feedback
loops
potentially
involving
cerebellum
brain.
moves
into
implications
widespread
consequences
these
quality
life.
closes
construct
(including
underestimated
empathy
pain),
testing
theory,
providing
sensory-sensitive
support
acceptance
applications
diverse
people.
theory
apply
particularly
well
women
girls,
people
speech
divergence,
ADHD,
co-occurring
motor-related
neurodivergences.
Throughout
article,
also
provides
clinical,
neurological,
experiential
lifelong,
challenging
notion
“losing”
(an)
(diagnosis)
instead
reflecting
(risky
not
necessarily
“successful”)
camouflaging.
Язык: Английский
Multisensory Integration of Naturalistic Speech and Gestures in Autistic Adults
Autism Research,
Год журнала:
2025,
Номер
unknown
Опубликована: Апрель 17, 2025
ABSTRACT
Seeing
the
speaker
often
facilitates
auditory
speech
comprehension
through
audio‐visual
integration.
This
facilitation
is
stronger
under
challenging
listening
conditions,
such
as
in
real‐life
social
environments.
Autism
has
been
associated
with
atypicalities
integrating
information,
potentially
underlying
difficulties
this
population.
The
present
study
investigated
multisensory
integration
(MSI)
of
information
among
autistic
and
neurotypical
adults.
Participants
performed
a
speech‐in‐noise
task
realistic
multispeaker
scenario
audio‐visual,
auditory,
or
visual
trials
while
their
brain
activity
was
recorded
using
EEG.
group
demonstrated
non‐linear
effect
alpha
oscillations,
whereas
showed
merely
additive
processing.
Despite
these
differences
neural
correlates,
both
groups
achieved
similar
behavioral
outcomes.
These
findings
suggest
that
although
brains
might
process
cues
differently,
they
achieve
comparable
benefits
from
speech.
results
contribute
to
growing
body
literature
on
MSI
autism.
Язык: Английский