Neural-level associations of non-verbal pragmatic comprehension in young Finnish autistic adults
| Autor: | Jukka-Pekka Kauppi, Leena Mäkinen, Vesa Korhonen, Aija Kotila, Vesa Kiviniemi, Hanna Ebeling, Soile Loukusa, Tuula Hurtig, Ilaria Gabbatore, Jussi Tohka |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Adult
Health (social science) non-verbal Epidemiology RC955-962 fMR sanaton viestintä video behavioral disciplines and activities Developmental psychology 03 medical and health sciences Nonverbal communication toiminnallinen magneettikuvaus 0302 clinical medicine Behavior Therapy autismi Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine autistic adults Humans Original Research Article 030212 general & internal medicine Autistic Disorder Autism spectrum fMRI pragmatics Finland 030505 public health nonverbal Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health autismikirjon häiriöt General Medicine Pragmatics Magnetic Resonance Imaging Comprehension pragmatiikka autism spectrum 0305 other medical science Psychology Research Article |
| Zdroj: | International Journal of Circumpolar Health, Vol 80, Iss 1 (2021) International Journal of Circumpolar Health article-version (VoR) Version of Record |
| ISSN: | 2242-3982 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/22423982.2021.1909333 |
| Popis: | This video-based study examines the pragmatic non-verbal comprehension skills and corresponding neural-level findings in young Finnish autistic adults, and controls. Items from the Assessment Battery of Communication (ABaCo) were chosen to evaluate the comprehension of non-verbal communication. Inter-subject correlation (ISC) analysis of the functional magnetic resonance imaging data was used to reveal the synchrony of brain activation across participants during the viewing of pragmatically complex scenes of ABaCo videos. The results showed a significant difference between the ISC maps of the autistic and control groups in tasks involving the comprehension of non-verbal communication, thereby revealing several brain regions where correlation of brain activity was greater within the control group. The results suggest a possible weaker modulation of brain states in response to the pragmatic non-verbal communicative situations in autistic participants. Although there was no difference between the groups in behavioural responses to ABaCo items, there was more variability in the accuracy of the responses in the autistic group. Furthermore, mean answering and reaction times correlated with the severity of autistic traits. The results indicate that even if young autistic adults may have learned to use compensatory resources in their communicative-pragmatic comprehension, pragmatic processing in naturalistic situations still requires additional effort. peerReviewed |
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