在自闭症儿童观看社交动画的认知和情感同理心网络互动中出现了障碍
Xinrong Guo1,2, Chuanyong Xu3, Jierong Chen2
1Department of Psychology, School of Public Health, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, China.
Social cognitive and affective neuroscience
|April 10, 2024
概括
自闭症儿童表现出较弱的认知同情心网络连接. 认知和情感同理心网络之间的整合被破坏,影响自闭症谱状况中的同理心.
科学领域:
- 神经科学是一个神经科学.
- 发展心理学 发展心理学
- 临床心理学 临床心理学
背景情况:
- 共感包括认知 (CE) 和情感 (AE) 组件,每一个都有不同的神经支.
- 缺乏同情心是自闭症谱状况 (ASC) 的特征.
- 在ASCs中的同理心缺陷的神经基础,特别是网络集成,仍然不清楚.
研究的目的:
- 在自闭症儿童中,在CE和AE网络内和之间研究功能连接 (FC).
- 为了比较自闭症儿童的FC模式与典型发育 (TD) 儿童在共唤起刺激期间的FC模式.
- 将同理心网络功能与同理心和社会沟通的行为测量相关联.
主要方法:
- 近红外光谱 (NIRS) 测量了31名自闭症儿童 (4-8岁) 和26名TD儿童的FC.
- 参与者观看了一个动画故事,旨在引起CE和AE.
- 共感指数/系统化指数 (EQ/SQ) 和社会响应度量表评估了同情心和社会技能.
主要成果:
- 在CE任务中,自闭症儿童在CE网络中表现出降低的FC.
- 在自闭症儿童中,在AE任务中观察到CE和AE网络之间的较弱FC.
- 减少网络间的FC与ASC组的EQ分数负相关.
结论:
- 在ASCs中的同理心缺陷可能源于认知和情感同理心网络之间的功能整合受损.
- 异常的网络集成,特别是在情感同理心条件下,与自闭症相关的同理心挑战有关.
- 研究结果强调了网络互动在理解自闭症谱状况中的同情心方面的重要性.
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