期刊
SOCIAL NEUROSCIENCE
卷 7, 期 3, 页码 223-239出版社
ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
DOI: 10.1080/17470919.2011.598945
关键词
Autism spectrum disorders; fMRI; Insular cortex; Posterior cingulate cortex; Self-face evaluation
资金
- Research Institute of Science and Technology for Society (RISTEX) of the Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST)
- Japan Society for the Promotion of Science [21220005, 21791120]
- Fukui Prefectural Government
- Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research [20220004, 21220005, 21791120, 21118001] Funding Source: KAKEN
Individuals with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) show impaired emotional responses to self-face processing, but the underlying neural bases are unclear. Using functional magnetic resonance imaging, we investigated brain activity when 15 individuals with high-functioning ASD and 15 controls rated the photogenicity of self-face images and photographs of others' faces. Controls showed a strong correlation between photogenicity ratings and extent of embarrassment evoked by self-face images; this correlation was weaker among ASD individuals, indicating a decoupling between the cognitive evaluation of self-face images and emotional responses. Individuals with ASD demonstrated relatively low self-related activity in the posterior cingulate cortex (PCC), which was related to specific autistic traits. There were significant group differences in the modulation of activity by embarrassment ratings in the right insular (IC) and lateral orbitofrontal cortices. Task-related activity in the right IC was lower in the ASD group. The reduced activity in the right IC for self-face images was associated with weak coupling between cognitive evaluation and emotional responses to self-face images. The PCC is responsible for self-referential processing, and the IC plays a role in emotional experience. Dysfunction in these areas could contribute to the lack of self-conscious behaviors in response to self-reflection in ASD individuals.
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