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Response monitoring, the error-related negativity, and differences in social behavior in autism

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Henderson, Heather, Schwartz, Caley, Mundy, Peter, Burnette, Courtney, Sutton, Steve, Zahka, Nicole, Pradella, Anne·2006·Brain and Cognition

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Children with autism not only display social impairments but also significant individual differences in social development. Understanding the source of these differences, as well as the nature of social impairments, is important for improved diagnosis and treatments for these children. Current theory and research suggests that individual differences in response monitoring, a specific function of the anterior cingulate cortex (ACC), may contribute to social-emotional and social-cognitive impairments and individual differences in autism. To examine this hypothesis, we used a modified flanker task to assess an ERP index of response monitoring, the error-related negativity (ERN), in a sample of higher function children with autism (HFA) and an IQ-matched control sample. The results revealed a significant Diagnostic group by Verbal IQ interaction on ERN amplitude indicating that the most verbally capable HFA children displayed significantly larger ERN amplitudes than did the control children. Within the HFA sample, greater ERN amplitude was also related to parent reports of fewer symptoms of social interaction impairments, fewer internalizing problems, but more externalizing problems, although these associations were reduced to nonsignificance when medication status was controlled. The latter results complement previous observations from imaging studies of a significant association between ACC activity and social symptoms and impairments in autism. The implications of these results for future research on brain-behavior relations, as well as treatment related research with children with autism are discussed.

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Authors
Henderson, H., Schwartz, C., Mundy, P., Burnette, C., Sutton, S., Zahka, N., & Pradella, A.
Affiliations
University of Miami (US)
Corresponding author
Henderson, Heather
Venue
Brain and Cognition
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2006-06
Volume
61
Issue
1
Pages
96-109
ISSN
0278-2626 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2103082600
Cited by
138
References
99
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FWCI
3.88
Type
journal article
Language
en
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  • Brain and Cognition (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
Funders
National Institute of Mental Health (MH-071237, R01MH071273)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Autism Spectrum Disorder Research
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Action Observation and Synchronization
Keywords
autism spectrum disorder, error-related negativity, response monitoring, anterior cingulate cortex, individual differences, social behavior, social interaction deficits, internalizing problems, externalizing problems, verbal IQ, flanker task, event-related potentials, brain-behavior relationship
MeSH terms
Affect, Anxiety Disorders, Autistic Disorder, Child, Electroencephalography, Female, Humans, Male, Personality Disorders, Phenotype, Reaction Time, Social Behavior

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