Behavioral, perceptual, and neural alterations in sensory and multisensory function in autism spectrum disorder

SH Baum, RA Stevenson, MT Wallace - Progress in neurobiology, 2015 - Elsevier
Although sensory processing challenges have been noted since the first clinical descriptions
of autism, it has taken until the release of the fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical …

A revised limbic system model for memory, emotion and behaviour

M Catani, F Dell'Acqua, MT De Schotten - Neuroscience & Biobehavioral …, 2013 - Elsevier
Emotion, memories and behaviour emerge from the coordinated activities of regions
connected by the limbic system. Here, we propose an update of the limbic model based on …

The construct of the multisensory temporal binding window and its dysregulation in developmental disabilities

MT Wallace, RA Stevenson - Neuropsychologia, 2014 - Elsevier
Behavior, perception and cognition are strongly shaped by the synthesis of information
across the different sensory modalities. Such multisensory integration often results in …

Autism as a neural systems disorder: a theory of frontal-posterior underconnectivity

MA Just, TA Keller, VL Malave, RK Kana… - … & Biobehavioral Reviews, 2012 - Elsevier
The underconnectivity theory of autism attributes the disorder to lower anatomical and
functional systems connectivity between frontal and more posterior cortical processing. Here …

Increased dendritic spine densities on cortical projection neurons in autism spectrum disorders

JJ Hutsler, H Zhang - Brain research, 2010 - Elsevier
Multiple types of indirect evidence have been used to support theories of altered cortical
connectivity in autism spectrum disorders (ASD). In other developmental disorders reduced …

Auditory processing in autism spectrum disorder: a review

K O'Connor - Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, 2012 - Elsevier
For individuals with autism spectrum disorder or 'ASD'the ability to accurately process and
interpret auditory information is often difficult. Here we review behavioural …

A two-hit model of autism: Adolescence as the second hit

G Picci, KS Scherf - Clinical Psychological Science, 2015 - journals.sagepub.com
Adolescence brings dramatic changes in behavior and neural organization. Unfortunately,
for some 30% of individuals with autism, there is marked decline in adaptive functioning …

Diffusion tensor imaging in autism spectrum disorder: a review

BG Travers, N Adluru, C Ennis, DPM Tromp… - Autism …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
White matter tracts of the brain allow neurons and neuronal networks to communicate and
function with high efficiency. The aim of this review is to briefly introduce diffusion tensor …

Altered white matter connectivity as a neural substrate for social impairment in Autism Spectrum Disorder

SH Ameis, M Catani - Cortex, 2015 - Elsevier
Abstract Background Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) symptoms have been hypothesized
to result from altered brain connectivity. The 'disconnectivity'hypothesis has been used to …

A systematic review and meta-analysis of the fMRI investigation of autism spectrum disorders

RCM Philip, MR Dauvermann, HC Whalley… - Neuroscience & …, 2012 - Elsevier
Recent years have seen a rapid increase in the investigation of autism spectrum disorders
(ASD) through the use of functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI). We carried out a …