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Clawson A, Clayson PE, Worsham W, et al. How about watching others? Observation of error-related feedback by others in autism spectrum disorders. Int J Psychophysiol. 2014;doi: 10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2014.01.009.
Clawson, A., Clayson, P. E., Worsham, W., Johnston, O., South, M., & Larson, M. J. (2014). How about watching others? Observation of error-related feedback by others in autism spectrum disorders. International journal of psychophysiology : official journal of the International Organization of Psychophysiology, . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2014.01.009
Clawson, Ann, et al. "How about watching others? Observation of error-related feedback by others in autism spectrum disorders." International journal of psychophysiology : official journal of the International Organization of Psychophysiology vol. (2014). doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2014.01.009
Clawson A, Clayson PE, Worsham W, Johnston O, South M, Larson MJ. How about watching others? Observation of error-related feedback by others in autism spectrum disorders. Int J Psychophysiol. 2014 Jan 31; doi: 10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2014.01.009. Epub 2014 Jan 31. PMID: 24491851.
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Int J Psychophysiol. 2014 Jan 31; doi: 10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2014.01.009. Epub 2014 Jan 31.

How about watching others? Observation of error-related feedback by others in autism spectrum disorders.

International journal of psychophysiology : official journal of the International Organization of Psychophysiology

Ann Clawson, Peter E Clayson, Whitney Worsham, Oliver Johnston, Mikle South, Michael J Larson

Affiliations

  1. Brigham Young University, Department of Psychology, Provo, UT, USA.
  2. University of California-Los Angeles, Department of Psychology, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
  3. Brigham Young University, Marriott School of Management, Provo, UT, USA.
  4. Brigham Young University, Department of Psychology, Provo, UT, USA; Brigham Young University, Neuroscience Center, Provo, UT, USA.
  5. Brigham Young University, Department of Psychology, Provo, UT, USA; Brigham Young University, Neuroscience Center, Provo, UT, USA. Electronic address: [email protected].

PMID: 24491851 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2014.01.009

Abstract

Research indicates that individuals with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) may have a reduced ability to utilize performance feedback to regulate their behavior; however, it is unclear to what degree alterations in the environmental context affect feedback processing and contribute to the symptoms of ASD. We utilized the observational FRN (oFRN), an event-related potential (ERP) component that putatively indexes feedback processing while observing feedback directed toward another person, to examine the influence of motivational and social demands on feedback processing in ASD. High-density electroencephalogram recordings were collected from 38 youth with ASD and 31 control participants similar on age and IQ while they observed a confederate performing a modified Eriksen Flanker task. Participants were instructed to count the confederate's errors and were told that they would be awarded based on performance: the confederate would either earn points for the participant or herself. Both groups showed robust oFRN activity on traditional scalp-electrode waveforms and waveforms identified using temporospatial principal components analysis. Amplitude of oFRN did not differentiate groups. Results remained non-significant when comparing medicated to non-medicated participants. There were no significant correlations between oFRN amplitudes, autism symptom severity, and anxiety symptoms. Findings suggest that the social context of the task and motivational significance of the confederate's performance did not limit feedback processing in ASD. Future research in which the context is manipulated further is warranted to determine whether increased environmental complexity influences feedback processing in ASD.

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Keywords: Autism; ERP; Error-related negativity; Feedback-related negativity; Other-monitoring; Self-monitoring

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