期刊
PHYSIOLOGY & BEHAVIOR
卷 109, 期 -, 页码 14-22出版社
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2012.10.008
关键词
Autism; Asperger's; Affect; EMG; SCR; Evoked cardiac responses
资金
- Australian Postgraduate Award (APA)
- Australian National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) [APP1013796]
Individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) demonstrate atypical behavioural responses to affective stimuli, although the underlying mechanisms remain unclear. Investigating automatic responses to these stimuli may help elucidate these mechanisms. 18 high-functioning adults with ASDs and 18 typically developing controls viewed 54 extreme pleasant (erotica), extreme unpleasant (mutilations), and nonsocial neutral images from the International Affective Picture System (IAPS). Two-thirds of images received an acoustic startle probe 3 s post-picture onset. Facial electromyography (EMG) activity (orbicularis, zygomaticus, corrugator), skin conductance (SCR) and cardiac responses were recorded. The adults with ASDs demonstrated typical affective startle modulation and automatic facial EMG responses but atypical autonomic (SCRs and cardiac) responses, suggesting a failure to orient to, or a deliberate effort to disconnect from, socially relevant stimuli (erotica, mutilations). These results have implications for neural systems known to underlie affective processes, including the orbitofrontal cortex and amygdala. (C) 2012 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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