A custom magnetoencephalography device reveals brain connectivity and high reading/decoding ability in children with autism

A subset of individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) performs more proficiently on certain visual tasks than may be predicted by their general cognitive performances. However, in younger children with ASD (aged 5 to 7), preserved ability in these tasks and the neurophysiological correlates of...

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Main Authors: Kikuchi, Mitsuru, Yoshimura, Yuko, Shitamichi, Kiyomi, Ueno, Sanae, Hirosawa, Tetsu, Munesue, Toshio, Ono, Yasuki, Tsubokawa, Tsunehisa, Haruta, Yasuhiro, Oi, Manabu, Niida, Yo, Remijn, Gerard B., Takahashi, Tsutomu, Suzuki, Michio, Higashida, Haruhiro, Minabe, Yoshio
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Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2013
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3555087/
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spelling pubmed-35550872013-01-25 A custom magnetoencephalography device reveals brain connectivity and high reading/decoding ability in children with autism Kikuchi, Mitsuru Yoshimura, Yuko Shitamichi, Kiyomi Ueno, Sanae Hirosawa, Tetsu Munesue, Toshio Ono, Yasuki Tsubokawa, Tsunehisa Haruta, Yasuhiro Oi, Manabu Niida, Yo Remijn, Gerard B. Takahashi, Tsutomu Suzuki, Michio Higashida, Haruhiro Minabe, Yoshio Article A subset of individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) performs more proficiently on certain visual tasks than may be predicted by their general cognitive performances. However, in younger children with ASD (aged 5 to 7), preserved ability in these tasks and the neurophysiological correlates of their ability are not well documented. In the present study, we used a custom child-sized magnetoencephalography system and demonstrated that preserved ability in the visual reasoning task was associated with rightward lateralisation of the neurophysiological connectivity between the parietal and temporal regions in children with ASD. In addition, we demonstrated that higher reading/decoding ability was also associated with the same lateralisation in children with ASD. These neurophysiological correlates of visual tasks are considerably different from those that are observed in typically developing children. These findings indicate that children with ASD have inherently different neural pathways that contribute to their relatively preserved ability in visual tasks. Nature Publishing Group 2013-01-25 /pmc/articles/PMC3555087/ /pubmed/23355952 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep01139 Text en Copyright © 2013, Macmillan Publishers Limited. All rights reserved http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
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author Kikuchi, Mitsuru
Yoshimura, Yuko
Shitamichi, Kiyomi
Ueno, Sanae
Hirosawa, Tetsu
Munesue, Toshio
Ono, Yasuki
Tsubokawa, Tsunehisa
Haruta, Yasuhiro
Oi, Manabu
Niida, Yo
Remijn, Gerard B.
Takahashi, Tsutomu
Suzuki, Michio
Higashida, Haruhiro
Minabe, Yoshio
spellingShingle Kikuchi, Mitsuru
Yoshimura, Yuko
Shitamichi, Kiyomi
Ueno, Sanae
Hirosawa, Tetsu
Munesue, Toshio
Ono, Yasuki
Tsubokawa, Tsunehisa
Haruta, Yasuhiro
Oi, Manabu
Niida, Yo
Remijn, Gerard B.
Takahashi, Tsutomu
Suzuki, Michio
Higashida, Haruhiro
Minabe, Yoshio
A custom magnetoencephalography device reveals brain connectivity and high reading/decoding ability in children with autism
author_facet Kikuchi, Mitsuru
Yoshimura, Yuko
Shitamichi, Kiyomi
Ueno, Sanae
Hirosawa, Tetsu
Munesue, Toshio
Ono, Yasuki
Tsubokawa, Tsunehisa
Haruta, Yasuhiro
Oi, Manabu
Niida, Yo
Remijn, Gerard B.
Takahashi, Tsutomu
Suzuki, Michio
Higashida, Haruhiro
Minabe, Yoshio
author_sort Kikuchi, Mitsuru
title A custom magnetoencephalography device reveals brain connectivity and high reading/decoding ability in children with autism
title_short A custom magnetoencephalography device reveals brain connectivity and high reading/decoding ability in children with autism
title_full A custom magnetoencephalography device reveals brain connectivity and high reading/decoding ability in children with autism
title_fullStr A custom magnetoencephalography device reveals brain connectivity and high reading/decoding ability in children with autism
title_full_unstemmed A custom magnetoencephalography device reveals brain connectivity and high reading/decoding ability in children with autism
title_sort custom magnetoencephalography device reveals brain connectivity and high reading/decoding ability in children with autism
description A subset of individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) performs more proficiently on certain visual tasks than may be predicted by their general cognitive performances. However, in younger children with ASD (aged 5 to 7), preserved ability in these tasks and the neurophysiological correlates of their ability are not well documented. In the present study, we used a custom child-sized magnetoencephalography system and demonstrated that preserved ability in the visual reasoning task was associated with rightward lateralisation of the neurophysiological connectivity between the parietal and temporal regions in children with ASD. In addition, we demonstrated that higher reading/decoding ability was also associated with the same lateralisation in children with ASD. These neurophysiological correlates of visual tasks are considerably different from those that are observed in typically developing children. These findings indicate that children with ASD have inherently different neural pathways that contribute to their relatively preserved ability in visual tasks.
publisher Nature Publishing Group
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3555087/
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