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Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

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01-07-2008 | Original Paper

Emotional Modulation of Perception in Asperger’s Syndrome

Auteurs: Ben Corden, Rebecca Chilvers, David Skuse

Gepubliceerd in: Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders | Uitgave 6/2008

Abstract

Using an attentional blink paradigm, we show that the typical enhancement of perception for emotionally arousing events is significantly reduced in Asperger’s syndrome (AS) at short inter-target intervals. Control experiments demonstrate that this finding cannot be attributed to differences in the perceived arousal of the stimuli, or to a global impairment affecting any type of modulation of perceptual encoding. Because a functioning amygdala is critical for emotional modulation of the attentional blink, the findings support a role for the amygdala in the pathophysiology of AS. More specifically, they suggest there is a fundamental failure of the amygdala to modulate processing in cortex, a concept at the heart of some recent theories of amygdala involvement in the aetiology of autistic-spectrum disorders.

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Titel: Emotional Modulation of Perception in Asperger’s Syndrome
Auteurs: Ben Corden
Rebecca Chilvers
David Skuse
Publicatiedatum: 01-07-2008
Uitgeverij: Springer US
Gepubliceerd in: Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders / Uitgave 6/2008
Print ISSN: 0162-3257
Elektronisch ISSN: 1573-3432
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-007-0485-y

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