Bölte, Sven; Hubl, Daniela; Feineis-Matthews, Sabine; Prvulovic, David; Dierks, Thomas; Poustka, Fritz (2006). Facial affect recognition training in autism: can we animate the fusiform gyrus? Behavioral neuroscience, 120(1), pp. 211-6. Washington, D.C.: American Psychological Association 10.1037/0735-7044.120.1.211
Full text not available from this repository.One of the most consistent findings in the neuroscience of autism is hypoactivation of the fusiform gyrus (FG) during face processing. In this study the authors examined whether successful facial affect recognition training is associated with an increased activation of the FG in autism. The effect of a computer-based program to teach facial affect identification was examined in 10 individuals with high-functioning autism. Blood oxygenation level-dependent (BOLD) functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) changes in the FG and other regions of interest, as well as behavioral facial affect recognition measures, were assessed pre- and posttraining. No significant activation changes in the FG were observed. Trained participants showed behavioral improvements, which were accompanied by higher BOLD fMRI signals in the superior parietal lobule and maintained activation in the right medial occipital gyrus.
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Journal Article (Original Article) |
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04 Faculty of Medicine > University Psychiatric Services > University Hospital of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy > UPD Murtenstrasse 04 Faculty of Medicine > University Psychiatric Services > University Hospital of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy > Psychiatric Neurophysiology [discontinued] |
UniBE Contributor: |
Hubl, Daniela, Dierks, Thomas |
ISSN: |
0735-7044 |
ISBN: |
16492133 |
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American Psychological Association |
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English |
Submitter: |
Factscience Import |
Date Deposited: |
04 Oct 2013 14:51 |
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05 Dec 2022 14:16 |
Publisher DOI: |
10.1037/0735-7044.120.1.211 |
PubMed ID: |
16492133 |
Web of Science ID: |
000235794700023 |
URI: |
https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/21750 (FactScience: 13547) |
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