Journal article
Delineating Visual Habituation Profiles in Preschoolers with Neurofibromatosis Type 1 and Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Cross-Syndrome Study
Journal of autism and developmental disorders
06 Mar 2023
PMID: 36877426
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Abstract
Atypical habituation to repetitive information has been commonly reported in Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) but it is not yet clear whether similar abnormalities are present in Neurofibromatosis Type 1 (NF1). We employed a cross-syndrome design using a novel eye tracking paradigm to measure habituation in preschoolers with NF1, children with idiopathic ASD and typically developing (TD) children. Eye movements were recorded to examine fixation duration to simultaneously presented repeating and novel stimuli. Children with NF1 showed a bias for longer look durations to repeating stimuli at the expense of novel stimuli, and slower habituation in NF1 was associated with elevated ASD traits. These findings could indicate aberrant modulation of bottom-up attentional networks that interact with the emergence of ASD phenotypes.
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- Title
- Delineating Visual Habituation Profiles in Preschoolers with Neurofibromatosis Type 1 and Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Cross-Syndrome Study
- Creators
- Darren R Hocking (Corresponding Author) - La Trobe UniversityXiaoyun Sun - La Trobe UniversityKristina Haebich - The University of MelbourneHayley Darke - Murdoch Children's Research InstituteKathryn N North - The University of MelbourneGiacomo Vivanti - Drexel UniversityJonathan M Payne - The University of Melbourne
- Publication Details
- Journal of autism and developmental disorders
- Publisher
- Springer Nature
- Grant note
- U.S. Department of Defense / U.S. Department of Defense
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- A.J. Drexel Autism Institute
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000943952000001
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-85149296919
- Other Identifier
- 991020172610104721
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- Domestic collaboration
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- Web of Science research areas
- Psychology, Developmental