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| The Royal Norwegian Ministry of Health | OTHER |
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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.
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| Label | Type | Description | Intervention Names |
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| Normal controls | Active Comparator | Normal children and youths |
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| ASD | Experimental | Children and youths diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) |
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| Name | Type | Description | Arm Group Labels | Other Names |
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| Pictures | Behavioral | The participants will be exposed to pictures of faces and non-facial stimuli presented on a PC screen. |
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| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| The eyeblink of the Startle reflex is measured. | The startle reflex is potentiated when participants are influenced by negative emotions. Accordingly, startle will be measured in relation to picture presentation to gauge the emotional effect of the pictures. It is expected that the ASD group will show fear potentiated startle to pictures of human faces. | The startle reflex will be measured in relation to picture presentations during the experiment (e.g. day 1). |
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| Facility | Status | City | State | ZIP | Country | Contacts |
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| Department of Psychology, University of Tromso | Tromsø | Troms | 9037 | Norway |
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| ID | Term |
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| D000067877 | Autism Spectrum Disorder |
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| D002659 | Child Development Disorders, Pervasive |
| D065886 | Neurodevelopmental Disorders |
| D001523 | Mental Disorders |
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| ID | Term |
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| D009040 | Motion Pictures |
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| D001296 | Audiovisual Aids |
| D018961 | Educational Technology |
| D013672 | Technology |
| D013676 | Technology, Industry, and Agriculture |
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| Startle eliciting noise | Behavioral | Startle will be elicited by 95 dB noise, presented at different times after picture onset. |
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