Altered neural oscillations and connectivity in the beta band underlie detail-oriented visual processing in autism
Author(s) -
Luca Ronconi,
Andrea Vitale,
Alessandra Federici,
Elisa Pini,
Massimo Molteni,
Luca Casartelli
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
neuroimage clinical
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.772
H-Index - 68
ISSN - 2213-1582
DOI - 10.1016/j.nicl.2020.102484
Subject(s) - autism , visual processing , electroencephalography , neuroscience , psychology , stimulus (psychology) , autism spectrum disorder , perception , visual perception , population , cognition , cognitive psychology , beta (programming language) , computer science , developmental psychology , medicine , environmental health , programming language
Highlights • Local visual processing in ASD were investigated with EEG during a crowding task.• Target discrimination in presence of interfering flankers predicted ASD symptoms.• ASD group did not show beta desynchronization for resolving visual crowding scenes.• Altered beta response reflected atypical occipital–inferotemporal connectivity.• Altered beta connectivity in ASD may reflect abnormal long-range interactions.
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