Respiratory Sinus Arrhythmia Predicts Restricted Repetitive Behavior Severity
Autor: | Emma Condy, Bruce H. Friedman, Angela Scarpa |
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Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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medicine.medical_specialty Neurology Autism Spectrum Disorder Audiology Autonomic Nervous System Developmental psychology Repetitive behavior 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine mental disorders Developmental and Educational Psychology medicine Humans Heart rate variability 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences Vagal tone Child Mechanism (biology) 05 social sciences medicine.disease Respiratory Sinus Arrhythmia Autonomic nervous system Autonomic Nervous System Diseases Autism spectrum disorder Case-Control Studies Child Preschool Autism Female Psychology Social Adjustment 030217 neurology & neurosurgery 050104 developmental & child psychology |
Zdroj: | Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders. 47:2795-2804 |
ISSN: | 1573-3432 0162-3257 |
Popis: | In addition to social communication deficits, restricted repetitive behaviors (RRBs) are a key diagnostic feature of autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Dysfunction of the autonomic nervous system (ANS) in ASD has been posited as a mechanism of RRBs; however, most studies investigating ANS activity in ASD have focused on its relation to social functioning. This study used respiratory sinus arrhythmia (RSA) patterns to measure ANS functioning and analyze its relation to RRBs in children with and without an ASD diagnosis. Baseline RSA and RSA reactivity predicted RRB severity and exploratory analyses revealed these measures may be associated with RRB subgroups. These results are discussed in regards to the behavioral literature on RRBs and the benefits of finding biomarkers for these behaviors. |
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