Association between amygdala response to emotional faces and social anxiety in autism spectrum disorders
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Difficulty interpreting facial expressions has been reported in autism spectrum disorders (ASD) and is thought to be associated with amygdala abnormalities. To further explore the neural basis of abnormal emotional face processing in ASD, we conducted an fMRI study of emotional face matching in high-functioning adults with ASD and age, IQ, and gender matched controls. In addition, we investigated whether there was a relationship between self-reported social anxiety and fMRI activation. During fMRI scanning, study participants were instructed to match facial expressions depicting fear or anger. The control condition was a comparable shape-matching task. The control group evidenced significantly increased left prefrontal activation and decreased activation in the occipital lobes compared to the ASD group during emotional face matching. Further, within the ASD group, greater social anxiety was associated with increased activation in right amygdala and left middle temporal gyrus, and decreased activation in the fusiform face area. These results indicate that level of social anxiety mediates the neural response to emotional face perception in ASD.
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- Authors
- Kleinhans, N. M., Richards, T., Weaver, K., Johnson, L. C., Greenson, J., Dawson, G., & Aylward, E.
- Affiliations
- University of Washington (US)
- Corresponding author
- Kleinhans, Natalia M.
- Venue
- Neuropsychologia
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2010-10
- Volume
- 48
- Issue
- 12
- Pages
- 3665-3670
- ISSN
- 0028-3932 (ISSN-L)
- PMC
- PMC3426451
- OpenAlex
- W1994847860
- Cited by
- 187
- References
- 43
- Citations by year
- 2026: 4 · 2025: 7 · 2024: 10 · 2023: 8 · 2022: 8 · 2021: 10 · 2020: 11 · 2019: 10 · 2018: 12 · 2017: 15 · 2016: 14 · 2015: 15 · 2014: 20 · 2013: 21 · 2012: 15
- FWCI
- 8.34
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
- Locations
- Neuropsychologia (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (acceptedVersion)
- PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
- Funders
- NICHD (U19HD34565, P30HD002274)
- NIMH (U54MH066399)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Autism Spectrum Disorder Research
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Face Recognition and Perception
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Developmental Neuroscience › Williams Syndrome Research
- Keywords
- autism spectrum disorder, social anxiety, amygdala, emotional face processing, facial expression recognition, fear and anger, fusiform face area, middle temporal gyrus, prefrontal cortex, high-functioning adults, neural correlates of emotion
- MeSH terms
- Adolescent, Adult, Amygdala, Anxiety, Brain Mapping, Child, Child Development Disorders, Pervasive, Emotions, Face, Facial Expression, Female, Humans, Image Processing, Computer-Assisted, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Male, Oxygen, Pattern Recognition, Visual, Photic Stimulation, Social Perception, Young Adult
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