Cerebellar Contributions to Social Cognition in ASD: A Predictive Processing Framework

Autor: Isabelle R. Frosch, Vijay A. Mittal, Anila M. D’Mello
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2022
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Zdroj: Frontiers in Integrative Neuroscience, Vol 16 (2022)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1662-5145
14945088
DOI: 10.3389/fnint.2022.810425
Popis: Functional, structural, and cytoarchitectural differences in the cerebellum are consistently reported in Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD). Despite this, the mechanisms governing cerebellar contributions to ASD, particularly within the sociocognitive domain, are not well understood. Recently, it has been suggested that several core features of ASD may be associated with challenges creating and using prior expectations or predictions to rapidly adapt to changing stimuli or situations, also known as adaptive prediction. Importantly, neuroimaging, clinical, and animal work find that the cerebellum supports adaptive prediction in both motor and non-motor domains. Perturbations to the cerebellum via injury or neuromodulation have been associated with impairments in predictive skills. Here, we review evidence for a cerebellar role in social cognition and adaptive prediction across individuals with and without ASD.
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