Autistic traits modulate conscious and nonconscious face perception

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Result on the web

<a href="https://doi.org/10.1080/17470919.2016.1248788" target="_blank" >https://doi.org/10.1080/17470919.2016.1248788</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17470919.2016.1248788" target="_blank" >10.1080/17470919.2016.1248788</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Autistic traits modulate conscious and nonconscious face perception

Original language description

BACKGROUND: Difficulty with emotion perception is a core feature of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) that is also associated with the broader autism phenotype. OBJECTIVES: The current study explored the neural underpinnings of conscious and non-conscious perceptions of affect in typically developing individuals with varying levels of autistic-like traits, as measured by the Autism Quotient (AQ). We investigated the relationship between autistic traits and face processing efficiency using event-related potentials (ERPs). METHODS: In 20 typically developing adults, we utilized ERPs (the P100, N170, and P300) to measure differences in face processing for emotional faces that were presented either (a) too quickly to reach conscious awareness (16 ms) or (b) slowly enough to be consciously observed (200 ms). RESULTS: All individuals evidenced increased P100 and P300 amplitude and and shorter N170 latencies for nonconscious versus consciously presented faces. Individuals with high AQ scores evidenced delayed ERP components. CONCLUSIONS: Nonconsciously perceived emotional faces elicited enhanced neural responses regardless of AQ score. Higher levels of autistic traits were associated with inefficient face perception (i.e., longer latency of ERP components). This delay parallels processing delays observed in ASD. These data suggest that inefficient social perception is present in individuals with subclinical levels of social impairment.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

30103 - Neurosciences (including psychophysiology)

Project

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Continuities

S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach

Publication year

2018

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Social Neuroscience

ISSN

1747-0919

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

13

Issue of the periodical within the volume

1

Country of publishing house

GB - UNITED KINGDOM

Number of pages

12

Pages from-to

40-51

UT code for WoS article

000428736200002

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-84994831835