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Testing Sensory and Multisensory Function in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder
Published on: April 22, 2015
Abnormal cortical voice processing in autism
Hélène Gervais1, Pascal Belin, Nathalie Boddaert
1ERM 0205, INSERM-CEA, DRM, DSV, Service Hospitalier Frédéric Joliot, 4, place du General Leclerc, 91406, Orsay, France.
Abstract:
Impairments in social interaction are a key feature of autism and are associated with atypical social information processing. Here we report functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) results showing that individuals with autism failed to activate superior temporal sulcus (STS) voice-selective regions in response to vocal sounds, whereas they showed a normal activation pattern in response to nonvocal sounds. These findings suggest abnormal cortical processing of socially relevant auditory information in autism.
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