Neural-level associations of non-verbal pragmatic comprehension in young Finnish autistic adults
This video-based study examines the pragmatic non-verbal comprehension skills and corresponding neural-level findings in young Finnish autistic adults, and controls. Items from the Assessment Battery of Communication (ABaCo) were chosen to evaluate the comprehension of non-verbal communication. Inte...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:00ab9aad1cfe4b90a0d257945fc1ebff 2023-05-15T15:08:28+02:00 Neural-level associations of non-verbal pragmatic comprehension in young Finnish autistic adults Aija Kotila Jussi Tohka Jukka-Pekka Kauppi Ilaria Gabbatore Leena Mäkinen Tuula M. Hurtig Hanna E. Ebeling Vesa Korhonen Vesa J. Kiviniemi Soile Loukusa 2021-01-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.1080/22423982.2021.1909333 https://doaj.org/article/00ab9aad1cfe4b90a0d257945fc1ebff EN eng Taylor & Francis Group http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/22423982.2021.1909333 https://doaj.org/toc/2242-3982 2242-3982 doi:10.1080/22423982.2021.1909333 https://doaj.org/article/00ab9aad1cfe4b90a0d257945fc1ebff International Journal of Circumpolar Health, Vol 80, Iss 1 (2021) autism spectrum autistic adults pragmatics non-verbal video fmri Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine RC955-962 article 2021 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.1080/22423982.2021.1909333 2022-12-31T11:05:15Z This video-based study examines the pragmatic non-verbal comprehension skills and corresponding neural-level findings in young Finnish autistic adults, and controls. Items from the Assessment Battery of Communication (ABaCo) were chosen to evaluate the comprehension of non-verbal communication. Inter-subject correlation (ISC) analysis of the functional magnetic resonance imaging data was used to reveal the synchrony of brain activation across participants during the viewing of pragmatically complex scenes of ABaCo videos. The results showed a significant difference between the ISC maps of the autistic and control groups in tasks involving the comprehension of non-verbal communication, thereby revealing several brain regions where correlation of brain activity was greater within the control group. The results suggest a possible weaker modulation of brain states in response to the pragmatic non-verbal communicative situations in autistic participants. Although there was no difference between the groups in behavioural responses to ABaCo items, there was more variability in the accuracy of the responses in the autistic group. Furthermore, mean answering and reaction times correlated with the severity of autistic traits. The results indicate that even if young autistic adults may have learned to use compensatory resources in their communicative-pragmatic comprehension, pragmatic processing in naturalistic situations still requires additional effort. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Circumpolar Health International Journal of Circumpolar Health Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Arctic International Journal of Circumpolar Health 80 1 1909333 |
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This video-based study examines the pragmatic non-verbal comprehension skills and corresponding neural-level findings in young Finnish autistic adults, and controls. Items from the Assessment Battery of Communication (ABaCo) were chosen to evaluate the comprehension of non-verbal communication. Inter-subject correlation (ISC) analysis of the functional magnetic resonance imaging data was used to reveal the synchrony of brain activation across participants during the viewing of pragmatically complex scenes of ABaCo videos. The results showed a significant difference between the ISC maps of the autistic and control groups in tasks involving the comprehension of non-verbal communication, thereby revealing several brain regions where correlation of brain activity was greater within the control group. The results suggest a possible weaker modulation of brain states in response to the pragmatic non-verbal communicative situations in autistic participants. Although there was no difference between the groups in behavioural responses to ABaCo items, there was more variability in the accuracy of the responses in the autistic group. Furthermore, mean answering and reaction times correlated with the severity of autistic traits. The results indicate that even if young autistic adults may have learned to use compensatory resources in their communicative-pragmatic comprehension, pragmatic processing in naturalistic situations still requires additional effort. |
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Aija Kotila Jussi Tohka Jukka-Pekka Kauppi Ilaria Gabbatore Leena Mäkinen Tuula M. Hurtig Hanna E. Ebeling Vesa Korhonen Vesa J. Kiviniemi Soile Loukusa |
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Neural-level associations of non-verbal pragmatic comprehension in young Finnish autistic adults |
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Neural-level associations of non-verbal pragmatic comprehension in young Finnish autistic adults |
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Neural-level associations of non-verbal pragmatic comprehension in young Finnish autistic adults |
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