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Resting cortical brain activity and social behavior in higher functioning children with autism

Sutton, Steven K., Burnette, Courtney P., Mundy, Peter C., Meyer, Jessica, Vaughan, Amy, Sanders, Chris, Yale, Marygrace·2005·Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry
DOI 10.1111/j.1469-7610.2004.00341.x
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Background: Psychophysiological measurement of processes related to social behavior may be valuable for research on individual differences and subgroups among children with autism spectrum disorders (Coleman, 1987; Dawson, Klinger, Panagiotides, Lewy, & Castelloe, 1995; Modahl et al., 1998). In particular, recent research and theory suggests that measures of resting anterior EEG asymmetry reflect complex brain processes associated with individual differences in approach or avoidance motivation that may be associated with social and emotional interaction tendencies among children with autism. Method: This hypothesis was examined in a study of the relations among resting anterior asymmetry, social impairment, and social anxiety in 23 high functioning children with autism (HFA) and 20 controls (age range 9–14 years). Results: These groups were significantly different on the measures of anterior asymmetry, social symptoms and anxiety‐related measures. Moreover, HFA children who displayed right frontal asymmetry (RFA group) displayed more symptoms of social impairments and better visual analytic skills than did children who displayed left frontal asymmetry (LFA group). Alternatively, while the LFA group displayed fewer symptoms of social impairment they also reported greater levels of social anxiety, social stress, and lower satisfaction with interpersonal relations than did the RFA group. Conclusions: These observations indicate that anterior EEG asymmetry may be a marker of motivation and emotion processes that refract the autism taxon into important individual differences in social presentation among higher functioning children.

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  • A recent EEG study found evidence of relatively decreased left-sided frontal EEG activity in response to faces in ASD, suggestive of decreased motivational approach.

    “A recent EEG study found evidence of relatively decreased left-sided frontal EEG activity in response to faces, a pattern suggestive of decreased motivational approach [571,572])”

    From Reward circuitry dysfunction in psychiatric and neurodevelopmental disorders and genetic syndromes: animal models and clinical findings (2012) · cites this paper as [572]

  • Children with ASD who showed left frontal EEG asymmetry were reported by their parents to have fewer symptoms of social impairment compared with children with right frontal asymmetry; however, the former was accompanied by greater levels of social anxiety and stress.

    “Children with ASD who showed left frontal EEG asymmetry were reported by their parents to have fewer symptoms of social impairment compared with children with right frontal asymmetry; however, the former was accompanied by greater levels of social anxiety and stress.”

    From Social “wanting” dysfunction in autism: neurobiological underpinnings and treatment implications (2012) · cites this paper as [110]

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Authors
Sutton, S. K., Burnette, C. P., Mundy, P. C., Meyer, J., Vaughan, A., Sanders, C., & Yale, M.
Affiliations
  • University of Miami (US)
  • University College London (GB)
Corresponding author
Mundy, Peter C.
ORCID
Venue
Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry
Publisher
Wiley
Published
2004-09-07
Volume
46
Issue
2
Pages
211-222
ISSN
  • 0021-9630 (ISSN-L)
  • 1469-7610
DOI
10.1111/j.1469-7610.2004.00341.x
OpenAlex
W2160222304
Cited by
120
References
76
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FWCI
2.01
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Licence
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/termsAndConditions#vor (vor)
Locations
  • Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • UCL Discovery (University College London) (submittedVersion)
Funders
  • University of Miami
  • University College London
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Autism Spectrum Disorder Research
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Hemispheric Asymmetry in Neuroscience
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Genetics › Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders
Keywords
autism spectrum disorder, high-functioning autism, social behavior, social anxiety, social dysfunction, approach-avoidance motivation, individual differences, social stress, interpersonal satisfaction, frontal lobe asymmetry
MeSH terms
Adolescent, Autistic Disorder, Cerebral Cortex, Child, Electroencephalography, Female, Humans, Male, Psychophysiology, Social Behavior, Case-Control Studies

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