Toddlers with elevated autism symptoms show slowed habituation to faces

Sara Jane Webb; Emily J.H. Jones; Kristen Merkle; Jessica Namkung; Karen Toth; Jessica Greenson; Michael Murias; Geraldine Dawson

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Toddlers with elevated autism symptoms show slowed habituation to faces

Sara Jane Webb, Emily J.H. Jones, Kristen Merkle, Jessica Namkung, Karen Toth, Jessica Greenson, Michael Murias, Geraldine Dawson

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Abstract

We explored social information processing and its relation to social and communicative symptoms in toddlers with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and their siblings. Toddlers with more severe symptoms of autism showed slower habituation to faces than comparison groups; slower face learning correlated with poorer social skills and lower verbal ability. Unaffected toddlers who were siblings of children with ASD also showed slower habituation to faces compared with toddlers without siblings with ASD. We conclude that slower rates of face learning may be an endophenotype of ASD and is associated with more severe symptoms among affected individuals.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	255-278
Number of pages	24
Journal	Child Neuropsychology
Volume	16
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/09297041003601454
State	Published - May 2010
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Autism/ASD
Broader phenotype
Face processing
Habituation
Toddlers

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Pediatrics, Perinatology, and Child Health
Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology
Developmental and Educational Psychology

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