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Neural and Behavioral Responses During Self-Evaluative Processes Differ in Youth With and Without Autism
Abstract
This fMRI study investigated neural responses while making appraisals of self and other, across the social and academic domains, in children and adolescents with and without autism spectrum disorders (ASD). Compared to neurotypical youth, those with ASD exhibited hypoactivation of ventromedial refrontal cortex during self-appraisals. Responses in middle cingulate cortex (MCC) and anterior
insula (AI) also distinguished between groups. Stronger activity inMCCand AI during self-appraisals was associated with better social functioning in the ASD group. Although self-appraisals were significantly more positive in the neurotypical group, positivity was unrelated to brain activity in these regions. Together, these results suggest that multiple brain regions support making self-appraisals in eurotypical development, and function atypically in youth with ASD
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