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@ARTICLE{SchulteRther:828180,
author = {Schulte-Rüther, Martin and Otte, Ellen and Adigüzel,
Kübra and Firk, Christine and Herpertz-Dahlmann, Beate and
Koch, Iring and Konrad, Kerstin},
title = {{I}ntact mirror mechanisms for automatic facial emotions in
children and adolescents with autism spectrum disorder},
journal = {Autism research},
volume = {10},
number = {2},
issn = {1939-3792},
address = {Chichester},
publisher = {Wiley},
reportid = {FZJ-2017-02148},
pages = {298 - 310},
year = {2017},
abstract = {It has been suggested that an early deficit in the human
mirror neuron system (MNS) is an important feature of
autism. Recent findings related to simple hand and finger
movements do not support a general dysfunction of the MNS in
autism. Studies investigating facial actions (e.g.,
emotional expressions) have been more consistent, however,
mostly relied on passive observation tasks. We used a new
variant of a compatibility task for the assessment of
automatic facial mimicry responses that allowed for
simultaneous control of attention to facial stimuli. We used
facial electromyography in 18 children and adolescents with
Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and 18 typically developing
controls (TDCs). We observed a robust compatibility effect
in ASD, that is, the execution of a facial expression was
facilitated if a congruent facial expression was observed.
Time course analysis of RT distributions and comparison to a
classic compatibility task (symbolic Simon task) revealed
that the facial compatibility effect appeared early and
increased with time, suggesting fast and sustained
activation of motor codes during observation of facial
expressions. We observed a negative correlation of the
compatibility effect with age across participants and in
ASD, and a positive correlation between self-rated empathy
and congruency for smiling faces in TDC but not in ASD. This
pattern of results suggests that basic motor mimicry is
intact in ASD, but is not associated with complex social
cognitive abilities such as emotion understanding and
empathy},
cin = {INM-3},
ddc = {610},
cid = {I:(DE-Juel1)INM-3-20090406},
pnm = {572 - (Dys-)function and Plasticity (POF3-572)},
pid = {G:(DE-HGF)POF3-572},
typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)16},
UT = {WOS:000395645700010},
pubmed = {pmid:27349835},
doi = {10.1002/aur.1654},
url = {https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/828180},
}