Adults with autism overestimate the volatility of the sensory environment

The authors address why the use of prior expectations might be compromised in autism, by using computational models and pupillometric markers of the neuromodulator noradrenaline. They show that by estimating the world to be more changeable than it really is, adults with autism have difficulty in lea...

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Published in:	Nature neuroscience Vol. 20; no. 9; pp. 1293 - 1299
Main Authors:	Lawson, Rebecca P, Mathys, Christoph, Rees, Geraint
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	New York Nature Publishing Group US 01.09.2017 Nature Publishing Group
Subjects:	631/378/116/2396 631/378/2649/1723 631/378/3917 Aberration Acoustic Stimulation - methods Adult Adults Animal Genetics and Genomics Association Learning - physiology Autism Autistic Disorder - physiopathology Autistic Disorder - psychology Bayesian analysis Behavioral Sciences Biological Techniques Biomedicine Diagnostic systems Environment Environmental conditions Eye Movements - physiology Female Human acts Human behavior Humans Influence Interpersonal relations Intolerance Machine learning Male Middle Aged Neurobiology Neurosciences Norepinephrine Pervasive developmental disorders Photic Stimulation - methods Psychological research Pupil size Reaction Time - physiology Sensory Thresholds - physiology Volatility Young Adult
ISSN:	1097-6256, 1546-1726, 1546-1726
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