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Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder Show Normal Responses to a Fear Potential Startle Paradigm
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Direct linkBernier, Raphael; Dawson, Geraldine; Panagiotides, Heracles; Webb, Sara – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2005
The present study utilized a fear potentiated startle paradigm to examine amygdala function in individuals with autism spectrum disorder. Two competing hypotheses regarding amygdala dysfunction in autism have been proposed: (1) The amygdala is under-responsive, in which case it would be predicted that, in a fear potentiated startle experiment,…
Descriptors: Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Fear, Responses, Brain
