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Altered Dynamics of the fMRI Response to Faces in Individuals with Autism

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Altered Dynamics of the fMRI Response to Faces in Individuals with Autism
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Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, September 2015
DOI 10.1007/s10803-015-2565-8
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Natalia M. Kleinhans, Todd Richards, Jessica Greenson, Geraldine Dawson, Elizabeth Aylward

Abstract

Abnormal fMRI habituation in autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) has been proposed as a critical component in social impairment. This study investigated habituation to fearful faces and houses in ASD and whether fMRI measures of brain activity discriminate between ASD and typically developing (TD) controls. Two identical fMRI runs presenting masked fearful faces, houses, and scrambled images were collected. We found significantly slower fMRI responses to fearful faces but not houses in ASD. In addition, the pattern of slow to emerge amygdala activation to faces had robust discriminability [ASD vs. TD; area under the curve (AUC) = .852, p < .001]. In contrast, habituation to houses had no predictive value (AUC = .573, p = .365). Amygdala habituation to emotional faces may be useful for quantifying risk in ASD.

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Country Count As %
United States 1 <1%
Australia 1 <1%
Unknown 127 98%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 30 23%
Student > Master 19 15%
Student > Bachelor 17 13%
Researcher 14 11%
Student > Doctoral Student 9 7%
Other 10 8%
Unknown 30 23%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Psychology 47 36%
Neuroscience 15 12%
Medicine and Dentistry 7 5%
Nursing and Health Professions 6 5%
Social Sciences 5 4%
Other 15 12%
Unknown 34 26%
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