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07-04-2016 | Original Paper

The Relationship Between Early Neural Responses to Emotional Faces at Age 3 and Later Autism and Anxiety Symptoms in Adolescents with Autism

Auteurs: Emily Neuhaus, Emily J. H. Jones, Karen Barnes, Lindsey Sterling, Annette Estes, Jeff Munson, Geraldine Dawson, Sara J. Webb

Gepubliceerd in: Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders | Uitgave 7/2016

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Abstract

Both autism spectrum (ASD) and anxiety disorders are associated with atypical neural and attentional responses to emotional faces, differing in affective face processing from typically developing peers. Within a longitudinal study of children with ASD (23 male, 3 female), we hypothesized that early ERPs to emotional faces would predict concurrent and later ASD and anxiety symptoms. Greater response amplitude to fearful faces corresponded to greater social communication difficulties at age 3, and less improvement by age 14. Faster ERPs to neutral faces predicted greater ASD symptom improvement over time, lower ASD severity in adolescence, and lower anxiety in adolescence. Early individual differences in processing of emotional stimuli likely reflect a unique predictive contribution from social brain circuitry early in life.
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Metagegevens
Titel
The Relationship Between Early Neural Responses to Emotional Faces at Age 3 and Later Autism and Anxiety Symptoms in Adolescents with Autism
Auteurs
Emily Neuhaus
Emily J. H. Jones
Karen Barnes
Lindsey Sterling
Annette Estes
Jeff Munson
Geraldine Dawson
Sara J. Webb
Publicatiedatum
07-04-2016
Uitgeverij
Springer US
Gepubliceerd in
Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders / Uitgave 7/2016
Print ISSN: 0162-3257
Elektronisch ISSN: 1573-3432
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-016-2780-y

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