Vision in autism spectrum disorders

David R. Simmons; Ashley E. Robertson; Lawrie S. McKay; Erin Toal; Phil McAleer; Frank E. Pollick

doi:10.1016/j.visres.2009.08.005

Vision in autism spectrum disorders

David R. Simmons, Ashley E. Robertson, Lawrie S. McKay, Erin Toal, Phil McAleer, Frank E. Pollick

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Abstract

Autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) are developmental disorders which are thought primarily to affect social functioning. However, there is now a growing body of evidence that unusual sensory processing is at least a concomitant and possibly the cause of many of the behavioural signs and symptoms of ASD. A comprehensive and critical review of the phenomenological, empirical, neuroscientific and theoretical literature pertaining to visual processing in ASD is presented, along with a brief justification of a new theory which may help to explain some of the data, and link it with other current hypotheses about the genetic and neural aetiologies of this enigmatic condition

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	2705-2739
Number of pages	35
Journal	Vision Research: An International Journal for Functional Aspects of Vision
Volume	49
Issue number	22
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.visres.2009.08.005
Publication status	Published - 10 Nov 2009
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Autism
Autism Spectrum Disorders
Clinical Vision

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