Differential late-stage face processing in autism: a magnetoencephalographic study of fusiform gyrus activation.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Autism is associated with alterations of social communication, such as during face-to-face interactions. This study aimed to probe face processing in autistics with normal IQ utilizing magnetoencephalography to examine event-related fields within the fusiform gyrus during face perception.

Methods

A case-control cohort of 22 individuals diagnosed with autism and 20 age-matched controls (all male, age 29.3 ± 6.9 years) underwent magnetoencephalographic scanning during an active task while observing neutral faces, face-like pareidolic objects, and non-face objects. The fusiform face area was identified using a face localizer for each participant, and the cortical activation pattern was normalized onto an average brain for subsequent analysis.

Results

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SUBMITTER: Sarovic D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11653706 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature