Processing of social and monetary rewards in autism spectrum disorders.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Reward processing has been proposed to underpin the atypical social feature of autism spectrum disorder (ASD). However, previous neuroimaging studies have yielded inconsistent results regarding the specificity of atypicalities for social reward processing in ASD.

Aims

Utilising a large sample, we aimed to assess reward processing in response to reward type (social, monetary) and reward phase (anticipation, delivery) in ASD.

Method

Functional magnetic resonance imaging during social and monetary reward anticipation and delivery was performed in 212 individuals with ASD (7.6-30.6 years of age) and 181 typically developing participants (7.6-30.8 years of age).

Results

Across social and monetary reward anticipation, whole-brain analyses showed hypoactiva

SUBMITTER: Baumeister S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9929925 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature