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Individuals with Autistic-Like Traits Show Reduced Lateralization on a Greyscales Task

Auteurs: Michael C. W. English, Murray T. Maybery, Troy A. W. Visser

Gepubliceerd in: Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders | Uitgave 10/2015

Abstract

Individuals with autism spectrum conditions attend less to the left side of centrally presented face stimuli compared to neurotypical individuals, suggesting a reduction in right hemisphere activation. We examined whether a similar bias exists for non-facial stimuli in a large sample of neurotypical adults rated above- or below-average on the autism spectrum quotient (AQ). Using the “greyscales” task, we found the typical leftward bias in the below-average group was significantly reduced in the above-average group. Moreover, a negative correlation between leftward bias and the social skills factor of the AQ suggested a link between atypical hemispheric activation and social difficulties in high-AQ trait individuals that extends to non-facial stimuli.

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Titel: Individuals with Autistic-Like Traits Show Reduced Lateralization on a Greyscales Task
Auteurs: Michael C. W. English
Murray T. Maybery
Troy A. W. Visser
Publicatiedatum: 10-06-2015
Uitgeverij: Springer US
Gepubliceerd in: Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders / Uitgave 10/2015
Print ISSN: 0162-3257
Elektronisch ISSN: 1573-3432
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-015-2493-7

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