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The Relationship Between Early Neural Responses to Emotional Faces at Age 3 and Later Autism and Anxiety Symptoms in Adolescents with Autism.

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Neuhaus, E; Jones, EJH; Barnes, K; Sterling, L; Estes, A; Munson, J; Dawson, G; Webb, SJ
Published in: J Autism Dev Disord
July 2016

Both autism spectrum (ASD) and anxiety disorders are associated with atypical neural and attentional responses to emotional faces, differing in affective face processing from typically developing peers. Within a longitudinal study of children with ASD (23 male, 3 female), we hypothesized that early ERPs to emotional faces would predict concurrent and later ASD and anxiety symptoms. Greater response amplitude to fearful faces corresponded to greater social communication difficulties at age 3, and less improvement by age 14. Faster ERPs to neutral faces predicted greater ASD symptom improvement over time, lower ASD severity in adolescence, and lower anxiety in adolescence. Early individual differences in processing of emotional stimuli likely reflect a unique predictive contribution from social brain circuitry early in life.

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J Autism Dev Disord

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EISSN

1573-3432

Publication Date

July 2016

Volume

46

Issue

7

Start / End Page

2450 / 2463

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Photic Stimulation
  • Male
  • Longitudinal Studies
  • Humans
  • Female
  • Fear
  • Facial Expression
  • Evoked Potentials
  • Emotions
  • Developmental & Child Psychology
 

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Neuhaus, E., Jones, E. J. H., Barnes, K., Sterling, L., Estes, A., Munson, J., … Webb, S. J. (2016). The Relationship Between Early Neural Responses to Emotional Faces at Age 3 and Later Autism and Anxiety Symptoms in Adolescents with Autism. J Autism Dev Disord, 46(7), 2450–2463. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-016-2780-y
Neuhaus, Emily, Emily J. H. Jones, Karen Barnes, Lindsey Sterling, Annette Estes, Jeff Munson, Geraldine Dawson, and Sara J. Webb. “The Relationship Between Early Neural Responses to Emotional Faces at Age 3 and Later Autism and Anxiety Symptoms in Adolescents with Autism.J Autism Dev Disord 46, no. 7 (July 2016): 2450–63. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-016-2780-y.
Neuhaus E, Jones EJH, Barnes K, Sterling L, Estes A, Munson J, et al. The Relationship Between Early Neural Responses to Emotional Faces at Age 3 and Later Autism and Anxiety Symptoms in Adolescents with Autism. J Autism Dev Disord. 2016 Jul;46(7):2450–63.
Neuhaus, Emily, et al. “The Relationship Between Early Neural Responses to Emotional Faces at Age 3 and Later Autism and Anxiety Symptoms in Adolescents with Autism.J Autism Dev Disord, vol. 46, no. 7, July 2016, pp. 2450–63. Pubmed, doi:10.1007/s10803-016-2780-y.
Neuhaus E, Jones EJH, Barnes K, Sterling L, Estes A, Munson J, Dawson G, Webb SJ. The Relationship Between Early Neural Responses to Emotional Faces at Age 3 and Later Autism and Anxiety Symptoms in Adolescents with Autism. J Autism Dev Disord. 2016 Jul;46(7):2450–2463.
Journal cover image

Published In

J Autism Dev Disord

DOI

EISSN

1573-3432

Publication Date

July 2016

Volume

46

Issue

7

Start / End Page

2450 / 2463

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Photic Stimulation
  • Male
  • Longitudinal Studies
  • Humans
  • Female
  • Fear
  • Facial Expression
  • Evoked Potentials
  • Emotions
  • Developmental & Child Psychology