Journal
JOURNAL OF AUTISM AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDERS
Volume 49, Issue 9, Pages 3592-3601Publisher
SPRINGER/PLENUM PUBLISHERS
DOI: 10.1007/s10803-019-04062-5
Keywords
Autism spectrum disorder; Intellectual disability; Eye contact; Frontal asymmetry; EEG
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- Competitive State Research Financing of the Expert Responsibility area of Tampere University Hospital [9R026]
- Academy of Finland [250480, 317080]
- Finnish Pediatric Research Foundation
- Arvo and Lea Ylppo Foundation
- Finnish Cultural Foundation
- Academy of Finland (AKA) [250480, 317080, 250480, 317080] Funding Source: Academy of Finland (AKA)
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This study examined approach-motivation related brain activity (frontal electroencephalogram [EEG] asymmetry) in response to direct and averted gaze in 3- to 6-year-old typically developing (TD) children, children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), and those with intellectual disability (ID). We found that, in TD children, direct gaze elicited greater approach-related frontal EEG activity than did downcast gaze. This pattern of activity was in contrast to that observed in children with ASD, who showed greater approach-related activity in response to downcast gaze than to direct gaze. ID children did not differ in their responses to different gaze conditions. These findings indicate that another person's direct gaze does not elicit approach-motivation related brain activity in young children with ASD.
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