TY - JOUR
T1 - Brief Report
T2 - Olfactory Adaptation in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders
AU - Kumazaki, Hirokazu
AU - Muramatsu, Taro
AU - Miyao, Masutomo
AU - Okada, Ken'ichi
AU - Mimura, Masaru
AU - Kikuchi, Mitsuru
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2019, Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature.
PY - 2019/8/15
Y1 - 2019/8/15
N2 - Olfactory adaptation is an important process that allows the individual to adjust to changes in the environment. This process has been proposed to be aberrant in individuals with autism spectrum disorders (ASD). However, few studies have examined olfactory adaptation in children with ASD. We examined olfactory adaptation in children with ASD and typically developing (TD) children using a pulse ejection system, which resolved problems associated with previous laboratory-based olfactory psychophysical studies. Nine children with ASD and nine TD children participated in this study and all participants completed the entire experiment. Using this system, we found that the TD group showed greater adaptation than the ASD group. Our results provide a better understanding of olfactory adaptation in children with ASD.
AB - Olfactory adaptation is an important process that allows the individual to adjust to changes in the environment. This process has been proposed to be aberrant in individuals with autism spectrum disorders (ASD). However, few studies have examined olfactory adaptation in children with ASD. We examined olfactory adaptation in children with ASD and typically developing (TD) children using a pulse ejection system, which resolved problems associated with previous laboratory-based olfactory psychophysical studies. Nine children with ASD and nine TD children participated in this study and all participants completed the entire experiment. Using this system, we found that the TD group showed greater adaptation than the ASD group. Our results provide a better understanding of olfactory adaptation in children with ASD.
KW - Autism spectrum disorders
KW - Olfactory adaptation
KW - Pulse ejection system
KW - Social impairment
KW - Typical development
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U2 - 10.1007/s10803-019-04053-6
DO - 10.1007/s10803-019-04053-6
M3 - Article
C2 - 31079277
AN - SCOPUS:85065702890
SN - 0162-3257
VL - 49
SP - 3462
EP - 3469
JO - Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders
JF - Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders
IS - 8
ER -