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Autonomic Arousal Response Habituation to Social Stimuli Among Children with Asd

Auteurs: Miia Kaartinen, Kaija Puura, Sari-Leena Himanen, Jaakko Nevalainen, Jari K. Hietanen

Gepubliceerd in: Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders | Uitgave 12/2016

Abstract

Sustained autonomic arousal during eye contact could cause the impairments in eye contact behavior commonly seen in autism. The aim of the present study was to re-analyze the data from a study by Kaartinen et al. (J Autism Develop Disord 42(9):1917–1927, 2012) to investigate the habituation of autonomic arousal responses to repeated facial stimuli and the correlations between response habituation and social impairments among children with and without ASD. The results showed that among children with ASD, the smaller the habituation was, specifically in responses to a direct gaze, the more the child showed social impairments. The results imply that decreased autonomic arousal habituation to a direct gaze might play a role in the development of social impairments in autism.

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Titel: Autonomic Arousal Response Habituation to Social Stimuli Among Children with Asd
Auteurs: Miia Kaartinen
Kaija Puura
Sari-Leena Himanen
Jaakko Nevalainen
Jari K. Hietanen
Publicatiedatum: 16-09-2016
Uitgeverij: Springer US
Gepubliceerd in: Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders / Uitgave 12/2016
Print ISSN: 0162-3257
Elektronisch ISSN: 1573-3432
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-016-2908-0

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