Divergence of Age-Related Differences in Social-Communication: Improvements for Typically Developing Youth but Declines for Youth with Autism Spectrum Disorder

Wallace, Gregory L.; Dudley, Katerina; Anthony, Laura Gutermuth; Pugliese, Cara; Orionzi, Bako; Clasen, Liv S.; Lee, Nancy; Giedd, Jay N.; Martin, Alex; Raznahan, Armin; Kenworthy, Lauren

doi:10.1007/s10803-016-2972-5

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“…A report of longitudinal SRS scores in children with typical development or pervasive developmental disorder (PDD) describes modest improvement over time and the greatest improvement in those with the most severe scores at baseline (Constantino et al 2009). These results are partially in line with a recent cross-sectional study by Wallace and colleagues (Wallace et al 2017) where social communication impairments decreased with age in a typical sample, but these authors report increased impairments with age in the ASD group (early childhood vs adolescence and adulthood).…”

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Social Responsiveness Scale (SRS) in Relation to Longitudinal Cortical Thickness Changes in Autism Spectrum Disorder

Prigge

Bigler

Travers

et al. 2018

J Autism Dev Disord

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The relationship between brain development and clinical heterogeneity in autism (ASD) is unknown. This study examines the Social Responsiveness Scale (SRS) in relation to the longitudinal development of cortical thickness. Participants (N = 91 ASD, N = 56 TDC; 3-39 years at first scan) were scanned up to three times over a 7-year period. Mixed-effects models examined cortical thickness in relation to SRS score. ASD participants with higher SRS scores showed regionally increased age-related cortical thinning. Regional thickness differences and reduced age-related cortical thinning were found in predominantly right lateralized regions in ASD with decreasing SRS scores over time. Our findings emphasize the importance of examining clinical phenotypes in brain-based studies of ASD.

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Social Responsiveness Scale (SRS) in Relation to Longitudinal Cortical Thickness Changes in Autism Spectrum Disorder

Prigge

Bigler

Travers

et al. 2018

J Autism Dev Disord

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“…The age-related declines in communication in controls were a striking finding as one would expect communicative skills to exhibit a significant growth over the transition from childhood to adolescence in typical development (e.g. Wallace et al, 2017). Considering that general adaptive skills-including communication -were assessed by teacher report scales, a possible explanation could be that the teacher-child communication decreases in early and later adolescence as children move towards independence due to decreasing adolescent disclosure, and increasing secrecy (e.g.…”

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Everyday executive function and adaptive skills in children and adolescents with autism spectrum disorder: Cross-sectional developmental trajectories

Kouklari

Tsermentseli

Monks

2018

Autism & Developmental Language Impairments

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Background and aims: The development of Executive Function in Autism Spectrum Disorder has been investigated using mainly performance-based executive function measures. Less is known about the development of everyday executive function skills. The present study aimed to identify the developmental patterns of everyday executive function of children and adolescents with autism spectrum disorder compared to neurotypical controls. The association between executive function and adaptive skills was also investigated. Methods: The present study used a cross-sectional developmental trajectory approach and data were collected from 57 children and adolescents with autism spectrum disorder, matched to 63 controls of the same age (7-15 years). Results: Results showed age-related performance declines in most everyday executive function domains (e.g. inhibition, working memory, planning) in autism spectrum disorder, whereas for executive function emotional control and shift, non-significant differences emerged across age in autism spectrum disorder. Everyday executive function predicted adaptive skills over and above age and IQ, in participants overall. Conclusions and implications: These results suggest that several everyday executive function problems increase in adolescence in autism spectrum disorder and that these everyday executive function developmental patterns deviate to a great extent from those of typical development. Shedding more light on the developmental course of all types of executive function processes as well as their association with crucial social outcomes in autism spectrum disorder could contribute to a better theoretical understanding of the heterogeneity of the neurocognitive development in autism spectrum disorder.

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“…Some studies (Keehn et al, 2013;Redcay and Courchesne, 2005) indicate that abnormalities in early brain function may have existed in the first year of ASD, which facilitates researchers to focus on a younger age group when examining ASD. Meanwhile, converging evidence strongly suggests the critical role of age in the ongoing behavioural symptoms (Wallace et al, 2017) and brain growth (Courchesne et al, 2011) of individuals with ASD. Longitudinal studies of HR infants help us explore the age-related growth trajectory and the 'endophenotypes' (Gottesman and Gould, 2003) that often involve neurophysiology and neuroanatomy.…”

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Exploring brain functions in autism spectrum disorder: A systematic review on functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) studies

Zhang

Roeyers

2019

International Journal of Psychophysiology

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Exploring brain functions in autism spectrum disorder: a systematic review on functional nearinfrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) studies Abstract A growing body of research has investigated the functional development of the brain in autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) is increasingly being used in this respect. This method has several advantages over other functional neuroimaging techniques in studying brain functions in ASD, including portability, low cost, and availability in naturalistic settings. This article reviews thirty empirical studies, published in the past decade, that used fNIRS in individuals with ASD or in infants with a high risk of developing ASD. These studies investigated either brain activation using multiple tasks (e.g., face processing, joint attention and working memory) or functional organization under a resting-state condition in ASD. The majority of these studies reported atypical brain activation in the prefrontal cortex, inferior frontal gyrus, middle and superior temporal gyrus. Some studies revealed altered functional connectivity during resting-state, suggesting an inefficient information transfer between brain regions in ASD. Overall, the findings suggest that fNIRS is a promising tool to explore neurodevelopment in ASD from an early age.

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Divergence of Age-Related Differences in Social-Communication: Improvements for Typically Developing Youth but Declines for Youth with Autism Spectrum Disorder

Cited by 15 publications

References 19 publications

Social Responsiveness Scale (SRS) in Relation to Longitudinal Cortical Thickness Changes in Autism Spectrum Disorder

Social Responsiveness Scale (SRS) in Relation to Longitudinal Cortical Thickness Changes in Autism Spectrum Disorder

Everyday executive function and adaptive skills in children and adolescents with autism spectrum disorder: Cross-sectional developmental trajectories

Exploring brain functions in autism spectrum disorder: A systematic review on functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) studies

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