Abnormal social reward processing in autism as indexed by pupillary responses to happy faces

Leigh Sepeta; Naotsugu Tsuchiya; Mari S Davies; Marian Sigman; Susan Y Bookheimer; Mirella Dapretto

doi:10.1186/1866-1955-4-17

Abnormal social reward processing in autism as indexed by pupillary responses to happy faces

Leigh Sepeta, Naotsugu Tsuchiya, Mari S Davies, Marian Sigman, Susan Y Bookheimer, Mirella Dapretto

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Abstract

Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) typically show impaired eye contact during social interactions. From a young age, they look less at faces than typically developing (TD) children and tend to avoid direct gaze. However, the reason for this behavior remains controversial; ASD children might avoid eye contact because they perceive the eyes as aversive or because they do not find social engagement through mutual gaze rewarding.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1 - 9
Number of pages	9
Journal	Journal of Neurodevelopmental Disorders
Volume	4
Issue number	17
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1186/1866-1955-4-17
Publication status	Published - 2012

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