Sensory adaptation occurs in neurotypical but not autistic adults in tactile detection¶
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q3 i2 NT participants showed a significant sensory adaptation effect while ASD participants did not, and the adaptation effect was significantly higher in NT than ASD. → Sapey-Triomphe 2023
Evidence¶
Sapey-Triomphe 2023¶
Sapey-Triomphe, L.-A., Sanchez, G., Hénaff, M.-A., Sonié, S., Schmitz, C., & Mattout, J. (2023). Disentangling sensory precision and prior expectation of change in autism during tactile discrimination. npj Science of Learning, 8:54. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41539-023-00207-5
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Experiment I behavioral analysis of threshold dispersions: NT showed adaptation (d = 0.49, p < 0.01) while ASD did not (p = 0.38); the group comparison was "significantly higher in NT than ASD participants" with d = 0.70 and BF = 5.85.
"This sensory adaptation effect was signi ficantly higher in NT than ASD participants ( t(61) = 2.8, p < 0.01, d = 0.70). There was substantial evidence in favor of a group difference (BF = 5.85)"
Discussion¶
Learner Variables¶
- Learning Disabilities and Developmental Differences — predictor: learners who differ on it differ in outcomes
Related Claims¶
- Neurotypical and autistic adults show similar average tactile detection thresholds and discrimination accuracy — related
- Both neurotypical and autistic adults implicitly learn a prior that biases tactile perception (time-order effect) — related
- Autistic adults show more consistent (less variable) tactile detection thresholds than neurotypical adults — related
- Prior influence on perception is stronger in autistic than neurotypical adults in a stable context, but not after a frequency-range change — related
- Autistic adults adjust their prior expectation more slowly than neurotypical adults after a change in stimulus frequency range — related
- Computational modeling shows a lower sensory/prior precision ratio in autistic adults in Exp. II and an opposite response bias across groups — related
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Sensory adaptation occurs in neurotypical but not autistic adults in tactile detection |
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Sensory adaptation occurs in neurotypical but not autistic adults in tactile detection |
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