Study Suggests a Novel Approach for Building Communication and Social Connection Among Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder (IMAGE)
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New research in Biological Psychiatry reveals that individuals with similar levels of autistic traits are more attracted to each other, and their brains synchronize in unique ways during passive and active communication, offering new insights into the Double Empathy Problem and the neural mechanisms of social interaction. This image depicts the experiment’s settings. (A) An illustration of the experimental setup. Figures wearing identical clothing represent participants with the same Autism Quotient type. (B) Cap configuration. Functional near-infrared spectroscopy data were recorded simultaneously in the frontal area and bilateral temporoparietal junction for each participant. The emitters and detectors were represented by red and blue circles, respectively, with measured channels labeled using black numbers. (C) Experimental procedure flowchart.
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Biological Psychiatry / Feng et al.
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