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Relationship Between Odor Identification and Visual Distractors in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders
- Source :
- Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders. 48:2590-2592
- Publication Year :
- 2018
- Publisher :
- Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2018.
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Abstract
- Understanding the nature of olfactory abnormalities is crucial for optimal interventions in children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD). However, previous studies that have investigated odor identification in children with ASD have produced inconsistent results. The ability to correctly identify an odor relies heavily on visual inputs in the general population. We tested odor identification in eight children with ASD and eight age-matched children with typical development (TD). After confirming that all children were able to identify each odor without visual input, we measured odor identification under the visual-distractor condition. Odor identification was hindered by visual distractors for all children with ASD but was not affected in all children with TD. Our results improve understanding of odor identification in ASD.
- Subjects :
- Male
Olfactory perception
medicine.medical_specialty
Visual perception
Adolescent
genetic structures
Autism Spectrum Disorder
Population
Audiology
behavioral disciplines and activities
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
mental disorders
Developmental and Educational Psychology
medicine
Humans
0501 psychology and cognitive sciences
Child
education
education.field_of_study
musculoskeletal, neural, and ocular physiology
05 social sciences
Odor identification
Olfactory Perception
medicine.disease
Odor
Child, Preschool
Visual Perception
Autism
Female
Psychology
psychological phenomena and processes
030217 neurology & neurosurgery
050104 developmental & child psychology
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 15733432 and 01623257
- Volume :
- 48
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....8c32fb96af46ea98981d6537f5156575