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PeerJ, PeerJ, (1), p. e121, 2013

DOI: 10.7717/peerj.121

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Towards objectively quantifying sensory hypersensitivity: a pilot study of the “Ariana effect”

Journal article published in 2013 by Vassilis N. Panagopoulos, Deanna J. Greene, Meghan C. Campbell ORCID, Kevin John Black
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Abstract

Background. Normally one habituates rapidly to steady, faint sensations. People with sensory hypersensitivity (SH), by contrast, continue to attend to such stimuli and find them noxious. SH is common in Tourette syndrome (TS) and autism, and methods to quantify SH may lead to better understanding of these disorders. In an attempt to objectively quantify SH severity, the authors tested whether a choice reaction time (CRT) task was a sensitive enough measure to detect significant distraction from a steady tactile stimulus, and to detect significantly greater distraction in subjects with more severe SH.