2012
Multimodal emotion processing in autism spectrum disorders: An event-related potential study
Lerner MD, McPartland JC, Morris JP. Multimodal emotion processing in autism spectrum disorders: An event-related potential study. Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience 2012, 3: 11-21. PMID: 23245216, PMCID: PMC6987640, DOI: 10.1016/j.dcn.2012.08.005.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAutism spectrum disorderInformation processing speedEmotion recognition performanceEvent-related potentialsEmotion processingEmotion recognitionProcessing speedSpectrum disorderEvent-related potential studyRecognition performanceMultimodal emotion processingEmotion identification taskVocal emotion recognitionCognitive processesIntact recognitionPerceptual modalitiesAdult facesNeural indicatorsERP componentsEmotion evaluationElectrophysiological markersBehavioral performanceIdentification taskPotential studiesIntervention targets
2011
Recent advances in understanding the neural bases of autism spectrum disorder
McPartland JC, Coffman M, Pelphrey KA. Recent advances in understanding the neural bases of autism spectrum disorder. Current Opinion In Pediatrics 2011, 23: 628-632. PMID: 21970830, PMCID: PMC3413317, DOI: 10.1097/mop.0b013e32834cb9c9.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAutism spectrum disorderNeural basisBrain systemsSpectrum disorderSocial information processingSocial brain regionsBehavioral performanceInformation processingAtypical activityBrain researchIndividual-specific profilesDevelopmental contextInitial evidenceMultimethod approachBrain regionsCompensatory areasBrain functionNeural dysfunctionHeterogeneous dysfunctionBehavioral phenotypingRecent researchAnomalous functionDisordersResearchProcessingAtypical neural specialization for social percepts in autism spectrum disorder
McPartland JC, Wu J, Bailey CA, Mayes LC, Schultz RT, Klin A. Atypical neural specialization for social percepts in autism spectrum disorder. Social Neuroscience 2011, 6: 436-451. PMID: 21777159, PMCID: PMC3204335, DOI: 10.1080/17470919.2011.586880.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNeural specializationNonsocial informationBehavioral performanceSocial informationSocial brain systemsSocial motivation hypothesisAtypical social developmentSpecificity of deficitsAberrant neural responsesEvent-related potentialsAutism spectrum disorderSocial perceptsFace processingCognitive abilitiesMotivation hypothesisBrain systemsElectrophysiological markersBrain responsesNeural responsesProcessing difficultiesSpectrum disorderStandardized measuresHuman faceAutismSpecific dysfunction