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The Relationship Between Affective Visual Mismatch Negativity and Interpersonal Difficulties Across Autism and Schizotypal Traits
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posted on 2022-03-23, 00:00 authored by Talitha FordTalitha Ford, L E Hugrass, B N JackSensory deficits are a feature of autism and schizophrenia, as well as the upper end of their non-clinical spectra. The mismatch negativity (MMN), an index of pre-attentive auditory processing, is particularly sensitive in detecting such deficits; however, little is known about the relationship between the visual MMN (vMMN) to facial emotions and autism and schizophrenia spectrum symptom domains. We probed the vMMN to happy, sad, and neutral faces in 61 healthy adults (18–40 years, 32 female), and evaluated their degree of autism and schizophrenia spectrum traits using the Autism Spectrum Quotient (AQ) and Schizotypal Personality Questionnaire (SPQ). The vMMN to happy faces was significantly larger than the vMMNs to sad and neutral faces. The vMMN to happy faces was associated with interpersonal difficulties as indexed by AQ Communication and Attention to Detail subscales, and SPQ associated with more interpersonal difficulties. These data suggest that pre-attentive processing of positive affect might be more specific to the interpersonal features associated with autism and schizophrenia. These findings add valuable insights into the growing body of literature investigating symptom-specific neurobiological markers of autism and schizophrenia spectrum conditions.
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Frontiers in Human NeuroscienceVolume
16Article number
846961Pagination
1 - 10Publisher
Frontiers Media SALocation
Lausanne, SwitzerlandPublisher DOI
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1662-5161eISSN
1662-5161Language
engPublication classification
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autismelectroencephalographyfacial emotion processingschizotypyvisual mismatch negativityScience & TechnologySocial SciencesLife Sciences & BiomedicineNeurosciencesPsychologyNeurosciences & NeurologyFUNCTIONING AUTISMFACIAL EXPRESSIONSPREDICTION ERRORSCHIZOPHRENIAMETAANALYSISINDIVIDUALSPSYCHOSISEMOTIONCONTEXTADULTS
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