Social cognition, face processing, and oxytocin receptor single nucleotide polymorphisms in typically developing children.

ABSTRACT: Recent research has provided evidence of a link between behavioral measures of social cognition (SC) and neural and genetic correlates. Differences in face processing and variations in the oxytocin receptor (OXTR) gene have been associated with SC deficits and autism spectrum disorder (ASD) traits. Much work has examined the qualitative differences between those with ASD and typically developing (TD) individuals, but very little has been done to quantify the natural variation in ASD-like traits in the typical population. The present study examines this variation in TD children using a multidimensional perspective involving behavior assessment, neural electroencephalogram (EEG) testing, and OXTR genotyping. Children completed a series of neurocognitive assessments, provided saliva samples f

SUBMITTER: Slane MM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6989749 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature