Inefficient and unique processing of social-emotional interference in school-aged children with high-functioning autism spectrum disorder.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Interest is growing in investigating the ability of children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) to process social information under conflicting and complex environments. However, few studies have employed objective behavioral measures to directly explore the underlying profile of social-emotional interference control.

Methods

In the current study, 53 children with ASD and 53 typically developing (TD) control, aged 6-12 years, completed a set of modified flanker tasks involving arrows, schematic faces, same real faces (with facial interference by the same person), and different real faces (with facial interference by different people), respectively. Response time in incongruent (RT^Inc) and congruent conditions (RT^Con), percentage of errors

SUBMITTER: Chen QX 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11539409 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature