PSYC 575 Cognitive Psychology Article Review 2021- Liberty University

Name: Kati Bland

Chapter Topic: Memory

1. APA reference of article being reviewed

Jamal, W., Cardinaux, A., Haskins, A.J. et al. Reduced Sensory Habituation in Autism

and Its Correlation with Behavioral Measures. J Autism Dev Disord 51, 3153–

3164 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-020-04780-1



2. What is the research problem that is being investigated? What is the purpose of the
research being conducted?

The study explores sensory habituation in relation to autism. The researchers
defined sensory habituation as the decrease in response to a reoccurring stimulus.
Past research has denied any evidence of sensory habituation differences between
neuro-typical children and children with autism. In contrast, researchers of the
current study have chosen a different methodological route to pursue. The initial
hypothesis indicates that children with autism have a reduced sensory habituation
for both visual and auditory stimuli. To encroach on this theory, the researchers
main objective is to investigate sensory habituation by comparison of neuro-typical
subjects and subjects with autism.


3. What is the research question?

Do children with autism have a reduced sensory habituation for both visual and
auditory stimuli in comparison to typical children?


4. How many sources are used in the Introduction? List each one. Tell how many
sentences are written about each source.

American Psychiatric Association. (2013). Diagnostic and statistical manual of
mental disorders-5 American Journal of Psychiatry (5th ed.). Washington D.C.:
American Psychiatric Association.

 3 Sentences

Christensen, D. L., Bilder, D. A., Zahorodny, W., Pettygrove, S., Durkin, M. S., Fitzgerald,
R. T., et al. (2016). Prevalence and characteristics of autism spectrum disorder

, among 4-year-old children in the autism and developmental disabilities monitoring
network. Journal of Developmental & Behavioral Pediatrics, 37(1), 80–82.

 1 Sentence

Kanner, L. (1943). Autistic disturbances of afective contact. Nervous Child., 2(3),
217–250.

 1 Sentence

Leekam, S. R., Nieto, C., Libby, S. J., Wing, L., & Gould, J. (2007). Describing the
sensory abnormalities of children and adults with autism. Journal of Autism and
Developmental Disorders, 37(5), 894–910.

 1 Sentence

Marco, E. J., Hinkley, L. B. N., Hill, S. S., & Nagarajan, S. S. (2011). Sensory processing
in autism: A review of neurophysiologic fndings. Pediatric Research, 69(8), 48–54.

 2 Sentences

Heaton, P., Hermelin, B., & Pring, L. (1998). Autism and pitch processing: A precursor
for savant musical ability? Music Perception, 15, 291–305.

 1 Sentence

Gomot, M., Giard, M. H., Adrien, J. L., Barthélémy, C., & Bruneau, N. (2002).
Hypersensitivity to acoustic change in children with autism: Electrophysiological
evidence of left frontal cortex dysfunctioning. Psychophysiology, 39, 577–584.

 1 Sentence

Bonnel, A. C., Mottron, L., Peretz, I., Trudel, M., Gallun, E., & Bonnel, A. M. (2003).
Enhanced pitch sensitivity in individuals with autism: A signal detection analysis.
Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 15, 1–10.

 1 Sentence

Ferri, R., Agarwal, E. M., Lanuzza, B., Musumeci, S. A., & Pennisi, G. (2003). The
mismatch negativity and the P3a components of the auditory event-related
potentials in autistic low functioning subjects. Clinical Neuropsychology, 114, 1671–
1680.

 1 Sentence