Neural correlates of face processing associated with development of social communication in 12-month infants with familial risk of autism spectrum disorder.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Differences in face processing in individuals with ASD is hypothesized to impact the development of social communication skills. This study aimed to characterize the neural correlates of face processing in 12-month-old infants at familial risk of developing ASD by (1) comparing face-sensitive event-related potentials (ERP) (Nc, N290, P400) between high-familial-risk infants who develop ASD (HR-ASD), high-familial-risk infants without ASD (HR-NoASD), and low-familial-risk infants (LR), and (2) evaluating how face-sensitive ERP components are associated with development of social communication skills.

Methods

12-month-old infants participated in a study in which they were presented with alternating images of their mother's face and the face of a stranger (LR = 45, H

SUBMITTER: Glauser J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8903527 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature