Atypical Pattern of Frontal EEG Asymmetry for Direct Gaze in Young Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder

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 f...

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Autores principales: Lauttia, Jenni, Helminen, Terhi M., Leppänen, Jukka M., Yrttiaho, Santeri, Eriksson, Kai, Hietanen, Jari K., Kylliäinen, Anneli
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Publicado: Springer US 2019
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Original Paper
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6667421/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31124026
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10803-019-04062-5
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author Lauttia, Jenni
Helminen, Terhi M.
Leppänen, Jukka M.
Yrttiaho, Santeri
Eriksson, Kai
Hietanen, Jari K.
Kylliäinen, Anneli
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Helminen, Terhi M.
Leppänen, Jukka M.
Yrttiaho, Santeri
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Hietanen, Jari K.
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description 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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spelling pubmed-66674212019-08-14 Atypical Pattern of Frontal EEG Asymmetry for Direct Gaze in Young Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder Lauttia, Jenni Helminen, Terhi M. Leppänen, Jukka M. Yrttiaho, Santeri Eriksson, Kai Hietanen, Jari K. Kylliäinen, Anneli J Autism Dev Disord Original Paper 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. Springer US 2019-05-23 2019 /pmc/articles/PMC6667421/ /pubmed/31124026 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10803-019-04062-5 Text en © The Author(s) 2019 Open AccessThis article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made.
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Eriksson, Kai
Hietanen, Jari K.
Kylliäinen, Anneli
Atypical Pattern of Frontal EEG Asymmetry for Direct Gaze in Young Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder
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title_short Atypical Pattern of Frontal EEG Asymmetry for Direct Gaze in Young Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6667421/
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