Perception of social cues of danger in autism spectrum disorders
| Autor: | Nanna Gillberg, Britt Russo, Christopher Gillberg, Eric Lemonnier, Jasmine Boshyan, Adam Helles, Nouchine Hadjikhani, Torsten Ruest, Nicole R. Zürcher, Ophélie Rogier, Loyse Hippolyte |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2013 |
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Adult
Male Eye Movements genetic structures media_common.quotation_subject Science Eye contact Fixation Ocular Biology 050105 experimental psychology 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Perception mental disorders medicine Humans 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences media_common Cerebral Cortex Brain Mapping Multidisciplinary 05 social sciences Eye movement Social cue medicine.disease Gaze Magnetic Resonance Imaging Social Perception Autism spectrum disorder Child Development Disorders Pervasive Face Eye tracking Autism Medicine Cues 030217 neurology & neurosurgery Cognitive psychology Research Article |
| Zdroj: | PLoS ONE, Vol 8, Iss 12, p e81206 (2013) PLoS ONE |
| ISSN: | 1932-6203 |
| Popis: | Intuitive grasping of the meaning of subtle social cues is particularly affected in autism spectrum disorders (ASD). Despite their relevance in social communication, the effect of averted gaze in fearful faces in conveying a signal of environmental threat has not been investigated using real face stimuli in adults with ASD. Here, using functional MRI, we show that briefly presented fearful faces with averted gaze, previously shown to be a strong communicative signal of environmental danger, produce different patterns of brain activation than fearful faces with direct gaze in a group of 26 normally intelligent adults with ASD compared with 26 matched controls. While implicit cue of threat produces brain activation in attention, emotion processing and mental state attribution networks in controls, this effect is absent in individuals with ASD. Instead, individuals with ASD show activation in the subcortical face-processing system in response to direct eye contact. An effect of differences in looking behavior was excluded in a separate eye tracking experiment. Our data suggest that individuals with ASD are more sensitive to direct eye contact than to social signals of danger conveyed by averted fearful gaze. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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