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SUMMARY:Visual and Audiovisual Perception in Adults with Autism - Professo
 r Frank Pollick\, University of Glasgow
DTSTART:20131015T120000Z
DTEND:20131015T130000Z
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CONTACT:Nik Darshane
DESCRIPTION:Although the social manifestations of autism are widely known 
 there is an increasing interest in perceptual properties that might be ass
 ociated with this condition.  In the first part of my talk I will discuss 
 recent research in our lab using psychophysics and fMRI\, which explored t
 he visual perception of human movement in adults on the autism spectrum (M
 cKay et al\, 2012).  This study showed that although adults on the autism 
 spectrum performed equal to an age and IQ matched group of typical adults 
 there were striking differences revealed by fMRI on the networks recruited
  by the visual task.  These results provide unique evidence of compensator
 y processes in adults with autism.  In the second part of my talk I will i
 ntroduce ongoing work that examines audiovisual perception in adults with 
 autism.  Here we are exploring whether differences exist between groups in
  how tightly audio and visual signals need to be aligned in time to be per
 ceived as a unitary event.  \n\n\nMcKay\, L.S.\, Simmons\, D.R.\, McAleer\
 , P.\, Marjoram\, D.\, Piggot\, J. & Pollick\, F.E. (2012). Do distinct at
 ypical cortical networks process biological motion information in adults w
 ith Autism Spectrum Disorders? Neuroimage\, 59(2)\, 1524-1533.\n
LOCATION:PPSIS Seminar Room (Free School Lane)
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