Altered predictive contextual processing of emotional faces versus abstract stimuli in adults with Autism Spectrum Disorder

Fogelson, Noa; Li, Ling; Diaz-Brage, Pablo; Amatriain-Fernández, Sandra; Valle-Inclán, Fernando

doi:10.1016/j.clinph.2019.03.031

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“…Indeed, the present study revealed that only when the uncertainty regimen changed did high-functioning individuals with ASD show atypical inflexibility in dealing with prediction errors. In fact, studies that reported atypicalities often also included changes in the volatility regimen, pushing individuals with ASD out from a certain into an uncertain zone [19,27,28,63].…”

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“…2). Supportive evidence has been provided by recent studies, including findings of reduced utilization of predictable information [27,28], needing more time to perform goal-directed anticipations [29], and greatly reduced usage of the prior in duration reproduction [30]. Karaminis and colleagues [30] used the central-tendency effect as their main tool to disassociate the weights of the sensory measurement and, respectively, the internal prior.…”

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Beyond Prior Belief and Volatility: The Distinct Iterative Prior Updating Process in ASD

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Theisinger

Allenmark

et al. 2022

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Individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) have been widely reported to show atypicalities in predictive coding, though there remains a controversy regarding what causes such atypical processing. Suggestions range from overestimation of volatility to rigidity in the reaction to environmental changes. Here, we tested two accounts directly using duration reproduction of volatile and non-volatile interval sequences. Critically, both sequences had the same set of intervals but differed in their stimulus presentation orders. Comparing individuals with ASD vs. their matched controls, we found both groups to respond to the volatility in a similar manner, albeit with a generally reduced prior in the ASD group. Interestingly, though, relative to the control group, the ASD group exhibited a markedly reduced trust in the prior in the volatile trial session when this was performed after the non-volatile session, while both groups performed comparably in the reverse session order. Our findings suggest that it is not the learning of environmental volatility that is compromised in ASD. Rather, it is their response to a change of the volatility regimen from stable to volatile, which causes a highly inflexible weighting of prediction errors.

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Beyond Prior Belief and Volatility: The Distinct Iterative Prior Updating Process in ASD

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Theisinger

Allenmark

et al. 2022

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“…Individuals with high AQ scores (i.e., individuals with autistic traits or High-AQ individuals) exhibit social impairments similar to those exhibited by individuals with ASD (Poljac et al, 2012;Becker et al, 2021). Compared to individuals with low AQ scores (Low-AQ individuals), High-AQ individuals generally exhibit a reduced interest in social stimuli such as faces (Chita-Tegmark, 2016;Fogelson et al, 2019), eye gaze (Kliemann et al, 2010), social voices (Lepistö et al, 2005;Honisch et al, 2021), and social scenes (Chawarska et al, 2013;Chita-Tegmark, 2016;Tang J. S. Y. et al, 2019). These studies show that High-AQ individuals have a specific impairment in the processing of social stimuli.…”

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Altered Processing of Social Emotions in Individuals With Autistic Traits

Yang

Tao

et al. 2022

Front. Psychol.

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Social impairment is a defining phenotypic feature of autism. The present study investigated whether individuals with autistic traits exhibit altered perceptions of social emotions. Two groups of participants (High-AQ and Low-AQ) were recruited based on their scores on the autism-spectrum quotient (AQ). Their behavioral responses and event-related potentials (ERPs) elicited by social and non-social stimuli with positive, negative, and neutral emotional valence were compared in two experiments. In Experiment 1, participants were instructed to view social-emotional and non-social emotional pictures. In Experiment 2, participants were instructed to listen to social-emotional and non-social emotional audio recordings. More negative emotional reactions and smaller amplitudes of late ERP components (the late positive potential in Experiment 1 and the late negative component in Experiment 2) were found in the High-AQ group than in the Low-AQ group in response to the social-negative stimuli. In addition, amplitudes of these late ERP components in both experiments elicited in response to social-negative stimuli were correlated with the AQ scores of the High-AQ group. These results suggest that individuals with autistic traits have altered emotional processing of social-negative emotions.

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“…Individuals with high AQ scores (i.e., individuals with autistic traits or High-AQ individuals) exhibit social impairments similar to those exhibited by individuals with ASD [16,17]. Compared to individuals with low AQ scores (Low-AQ individuals), High-AQ individuals generally exhibit a reduced interest in social stimuli such as faces [18,19], eye gaze [20], social voices [21,22], and social scenes [19,23,24]. These studies show that High-AQ individuals have a specific impairment in the processing of social stimuli.…”

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Altered processing of social emotions in individuals with autistic traits

Yang

Tao

et al. 2021

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BackgroundSocial impairment is a defining phenotypic feature of autism. The present study investigated whether individuals with autistic traits exhibit altered perceptions of social emotions. MethodsTwo groups of participants (High-AQ and Low-AQ) were recruited based on their scores on the autism-spectrum quotient (AQ). Their behavioral responses and event-related potentials (ERP) elicited by social and nonsocial stimuli with positive, negative, and neutral emotional valence were compared in two experiments. In Experiment 1, participants were instructed to view social-emotional and nonsocial-emotional pictures. In Experiment 2, participants were instructed to listen to social-emotional and nonsocial-emotional audio recordings. ResultsMore negative emotional reactions and smaller amplitudes of late ERP components (the late positive potential in Experiment 1 and the late negative component in Experiment 2) were found in the High-AQ group than in the Low-AQ group in response to the social-negative stimuli. In addition, amplitudes of these late ERP components in both experiments elicited in response to social-negative stimuli were correlated with the AQ scores of the High-AQ group. LimitationsAlthough the influence of autistic traits on reactions to social or nonsocial emotional stimuli was assessed in an experimental setting, whether and how these reactions are related to real-world behavior requires further investigation. In addition, filler trials should be used to evaluate whether participants focused sufficiently on the emotional stimuli. ConclusionThese results suggest that individuals with autistic traits have altered emotional processing of social-negative emotions.

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Altered predictive contextual processing of emotional faces versus abstract stimuli in adults with Autism Spectrum Disorder

Cited by 10 publications

References 88 publications

Beyond Prior Belief and Volatility: The Distinct Iterative Prior Updating Process in ASD

Beyond Prior Belief and Volatility: The Distinct Iterative Prior Updating Process in ASD

Altered Processing of Social Emotions in Individuals With Autistic Traits

Altered processing of social emotions in individuals with autistic traits

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