Slower Rate of Binocular Rivalry in Autism

• Published in: The Journal of neuroscience Vol. 33; no. 43; pp. 16983 - 16991
• Main Authors: Robertson, Caroline E., Kravitz, Dwight J., Freyberg, Jan, Baron-Cohen, Simon, Baker, Chris I.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Society for Neuroscience 23.10.2013
• Subjects: Adult; Autistic Disorder - physiopathology; Brassica; Case-Control Studies; Female; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; Reaction Time; Vision, Binocular; Visual Cortex - physiopathology; Visual Perception

An imbalance between cortical excitation and inhibition is a central component of many models of autistic neurobiology. We tested a potential behavioral footprint of this proposed imbalance using binocular rivalry, a visual phenomenon in which perceptual experience is thought to mirror the push and...