Cognitive and Emotional Processing of Social Stimuli in Children and Youth With Autism Spectrum Disorder

Cognitive and Emotional Processing of Social Stimuli in Children and Youth With Autism Spectrum Disorder

Children and youth diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) have been shown to react abnormally to social stimuli, especially to human faces. Children and youth with ASD show less interest in social stimuli, and may even avoid looking at or interact with such stimuli. It has been proposed that social stimuli elicit reactions like fear and stress in individuals with ASD, and this explains the lack of interest and avoidance. The present project investigates this hypothesis.

For ASD group:

Inclusion Criteria:

• Diagnosed with autism spectrum disorders