Brain asymmetry in emotional processing in asperger syndrome

Cognitive and Behavioral Neurology

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 74-84

  Shamay Tsoory, Simone G ^a   Gev, Ella ^a   Aharon Peretz, Judith ^a   Adler, Noga ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

Asperger syndrome; Brain asymmetry; Emotional processing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPERGER SYNDROME; BRAIN ASYMMETRY; BRAIN DAMAGE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; FEMALE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; LEFT HEMISPHERE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; VISUAL FIELD; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; RECOGNITION;

ADULT; ASPERGER SYNDROME; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 77953993685     PISSN: 15433633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/WNN.0b013e3181d748ec     Document Type: Article

References (76)

1. APA. DSM IV Diagnostic and Statistical-manual 4th ed. Washington, DC: American Psychiatric Association; 1994:65-78.
2. Gunter HL, Ghaziuddin M, Ellis HD. Asperger syndrome: tests of right hemisphere functioning and interhemispheric communication. J Autism Dev Disord. 2002;32:263-281.
3. Witwer AN, Lecavalier L. Examining the validity of autism spectrum disorder subtypes. J Autism Dev Disord. 2008;38:1611-1624.
4. Chiron C, Jambaque I, Nabbout R, et al. The right brain hemisphere is dominant in human infants. Brain. 1995;120:1057-1065.
5. Chandana SR, Behen ME, Juhá sz C, et al. Significance of abnormalities in developmental trajectory and asymmetry of cortical serotonin synthesis in autism. Int J Dev Neurosci. 2005;23:171-182.
6. De Fosse L, Hodge SM, Makris N, et al. Language-association cortex asymmetry in autism and specific language impairment. Ann Neurol. 2004;56:757-766.
7. Herbert MR, Ziegler DA, Deutsch CK, et al. Brain asymmetries in autism and developmental language disorder: a nested whole-brain analysis. Brain. 2005;128:213-226.
8. Müller RA, Behen ME, Rothermel RD, et al. Brain mapping of language and auditory perception in high-functioning autistic adults: a PET study. J Autism Dev Disord. 1999;29:19-31.
9. Klin A, Volkmar FR, Sparrow SS, et al. Validity and neuropsychological characterization of Asperger syndrome: convergence with nonverbal learning disabilities syndrome. J Child Psychol Psychiatry. 1995;37:1127-1140.
10. Sabbagh MA. Communicative intentions and language: evidence from right-hemisphere damage and autism. Brain Lang. 1999;70: 29-69.
11. Rinehart NJ, Bradshaw JL, Brereton AV, et al. Lateralization in individuals with high-functioning autism and Asperger's disorder: a frontostriatal model. J Autism Dev Disord. 2002;32:321-331.
12. Blackstock E. Cerebral asymmetry and the development of early infantile autism. J Autism Child Schizophr. 1978;8:339-353.
13. Prior M, Bradshaw J. Hemispheric functioning in autistic children. Cortex. 1979;15:73-81.
14. Tanguay P, Ornitz E, Forsythe A, et al. Rapid eye movement (REM) activity in normal and autistic children during REM sleep. J Autism Dev Disord. 1976;6:275-287.
15. Escalante-Mead PR, Minshew NJ, Sweeney JA. Abnormal brain lateralization in high-functioning autism. J Autism Dev Disord. 2003;33:539-543.
16. Gillberg C, Gillberg IC. Infantile autism: a total population study of reduced optimality in the pre-, peri-, and neonatal period. J Autism Dev Disord. 1983;13:153-166.
17. Hauck JA, Dewey D. Hand preference and motor functioning in children with autism. J Autism Dev Disord. 2001;31:265-277.
18. Hauser S, DeLong G, Rosman N. Pneumographic findings in the infantile autism syndrome. Brain. 1975;98:667-688.
19. McManus IC, Murray B, Doyle K, et al. Handedness in childhood autism shows a dissociation of skill and preference. Cortex. 1992;28:373-381.
20. Ellis HD, Gunter HL. Asperger syndrome: a simple matter of white matter? Trends Cogn Sci. 1999;3:192-200.
21. Stroganova TA, Nygren G, Tsetlin MM, et al. Abnormal EEG lateralization in boys with autism. Clin Neurophysiol. 2007;118: 1842-1854.
22. Hashimoto T, Tayama M, Mori K, et al. Magnetic resonance imaging in autism: preliminary report. Neuropediatrics. 1989;20:142-146.
23. Ashwin C, Wheelwright S, Baron-Cohen S. Laterality biases to chimeric faces in Asperger syndrome: what is "right" about faceprocessing? J Autism Dev Disord. 2005;35:183-196.
24. Frith CD. Schizophrenia and theory of mind. Psychol Med. 2004;34:385-389.
25. Borod JC, Cicero BA, Obler LK, et al. Right hemisphere emotional perception: evidence across multiple channels. Neuropsychology. 1998;12:446-458.
26. Heilman KM, Bowers D. Neuropsychological studies of emotional changes induced by right and left-hemisphere lesions. In: Stein N, Leventhal B, Trabasso T, eds. Psychological and Biological Approaches to Emotion. Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum; 1990;97-114.
27. Deemaree HA, Everhart DE, Youngstrom EA, et al. Brain lateralization of emotional processing: historical roots and a future incorporating "dominance". Behav Cogn Neurosci Rev. 2005;4:3-20.
28. Ehrlichman H. Hemispheric asymmetry and positive-negative affect. In: Ottoson D, ed. Duality and Unity of the Brain. Hampshire, UK: Macmillan; 1987:194-206.
29. Silberman EK, Weingartner H. Hemispheric lateralization of functions related to emotion. Brain Cogn. 1986;5:322-353.
30. Davidson RJ. Cerebral asymmetry, emotion, and affective style. In: Davidson RJ, Hugdahl K, eds. Brain Asymmetry. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press; 1995:361-388.
31. Davidson RJ, Irwin W. The functional neuroanatomy of emotion and affective style. Trends Cogn Sci. 1999;3:11-21.
32. Davidson RJ, Scherer KR, Goldsmith H. Handbook of Affective Sciences. Oxford: Oxford University Press; 2003:8-24.
33. Niedenthal PM, Brauer M, Halberstadt JB, et al. When did her smile drop? Facial mimicry and the influences of emotional state on the detection of change in emotional expression. Cogn Emot. 2001; 15:853-864.
34. Ross ED, Homan RW, Buck RW. Differential hemispheric lateralization of primary and social emotions. Neuropsychiatry Neuropsychol Behav Neurol. 1994;7:1-19.
35. Prodan CI, Orbelo DM, Testa JA, et al. Hemispheric differences in recognizing upper and lower facial displays of emotion. Neuropsychiatry Neuropsychol Behav Neurol. 2001;14:206-212.
36. Buck R, Duffy RJ. Nonverbal communication of affect in braindamaged patients. Cortex. 1980;16:351-362.
37. Adolphs R, Tranel D, Damasio H, et al. Impaired recognition of emotion in facial expressions following bilateral damage to the human amygdala. Nature. 1994;372:669-672.
38. Broks P, Young AW, Maratos EJ, et al. Face processing impairments after encephalitis: amygdala damage and recognition of fear. Neuropsychologia. 1998;36:59-70.
39. Fletcher PC, Happe F, Frith U, et al. Other minds in the brain: a functional imaging study of "theory of mind" in story comprehension. Cognition. 1995;57:109-128.
40. Goel V, Grafman J, Sadato N, et al. Modeling other minds. Neuroreport. 1995;6:1741-1746.
41. Shamay-Tsoory S, Lavidor M, Aharon-Peretz J. Social learning modulates the lateralization of emotional valence. Brain Cogn. 2008;67:280-291.
42. Baron-Cohen S, Wheelwright S, Hill J, et al. The "Reading the Mind in the Eyes" Test revised version: a study with normal adults, and adults with Asperger syndrome or high-functioning autism. J Child Psychol Psychiatr. 2001;42:241-251.
43. Ekman P, Friesen WV. Pictures of Facial Affect. Palo alto, CA: Consulting Psychologists Press; 1976.
44. Baron-Cohen S, Wheelwright S, Jolliffe T. Is there a "Language of the eyes?" Evidence from Normal adults, and adults with autism or Asperger syndrome. Vis Cogn. 1997;4:311-331. (Pubitemid 127700185)
45. Heerey EA, Keltner D, Capps LM. Making sense of self-conscious emotion: linking theory of mind and emotion in children with autism. Emotion. 2003;3:394-400.
46. Baron-Cohen S, Wheelwright S, Skinner R, et al. The syndrome/ high-functioning autism, males and females, scientists and mathematicians. J Autism Dev Disord. 2001;31:5-17. Erratum in: J Autism Dev Disord. 2001;31:603.
47. Oldfield RC. The assessment and analysis of handedness: the Edinburgh inventory. Neropsychologia. 1971;9:97-113.
48. Damasio H, Damasio AR. Lesion Analysis in Neuropsychology. New York: Oxford UP; 1989.
49. Rorden C, Brett M. Stereotaxic display of brain lesions. Behav Neurol. 2000;12:191-200.
50. Beck A, Steer R. Manual for the Beck Depression Inventory. San Antonio, TX: Psychological Corporation; 1987.
51. Gillberg C, Coleman M. The Biology of The Autistic Syndromes. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press; 2000.
52. Bourne VJ. The divided visual field paradigm: methodological considerations. Laterality. 2006;11:373-393.
53. Beversdorf DQ, Anderson JM, Manning SE, et al. The effect of semantic and emotional context on written recall for verbal language in high functioning adults with autism spectrum disorder. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry. 1998;65:685-692.
54. Haznedar MM, Buchsbaum MS, Hazlett EA, et al. Volumetric analysis and three-dimensional glucose metabolic mapping of the striatum and thalamus in patients with autism spectrum disorders. Am J Psychiatry. 2006;163:1252-1263.
55. Mason RA, Williams DL, Kana RK, et al. Theory of Mind disruption and recruitment of the right hemisphere during narrative comprehension in autism. Neuropsychologia. 2008;46:269-280.
56. Dawson G, Fernald M. Perspective-taking ability and its relationship to the social behavior of autistic children. J Autism Dev Disord. 1987;17:487-498.
57. Sutton SK, Burnette CP, Mundy PC, et al. Resting cortical brain activity and social behavior in higher functioning children with autism. J Child Psychol Psychiatry. 2005;46:211-222.
58. Sutton SK, Vitale JE, Newman JP. Emotion among women with psychopathy during picture perception. J Abnorm Psychol. 2002;111: 610-619.
59. Kleinhans NM, Richards T, Sterling L, et al. Abnormal functional connectivity in autism spectrum disorders during face processing. Brain. 2008;131:1000-1012.
60. Nydén A, Carlsson M, Carlsson A, et al. Interhemispheric transfer in high-functioning children and adolescents with autism spectrum disorders: a controlled pilot study. Dev Med Child Neurol. 2004;46:448-454.
61. Keary CJ,Minshew NJ, Bansal R, et al. Corpus callosum volume and neurocognition in autism. J Autism Dev Disord. 2009;39:834-841.
62. Yirmiya N, Sigman MD, Kasari C, et al. Empathy and cognition in high-functioning children with autism. Child Dev. 1992;63:150-160.
63. Blair RJR, Morris JS, Frith CD, et al. Dissociable neural responses to facial expressions of sadness and anger. Brain. 1999;122:883-893.
64. Hobson RP. The autistic child's appraisal of expressions of emotion: a further study. J Child Psychol Psychiatry. 1986;27:671-680.
65. Capps L, Yirmiya N, Sigman M. understanding of simple and complex emotions in non-retarded children with autism. J Child Psychol Psychiatry. 1992;33:1169-1182.
66. Hillier A, Allinson L. Understanding embarrassment among those with autism: breaking down the complex emotion of embarrassment among those with autism. J Autism Dev Disord. 2002;32:583-592.
67. Golan O, Baron-Cohen S, Hill J. The Cambridge Mindreading (CAM) face-voice battery: testing complex emotion recognition in adults with and without Asperger syndrome. J Autism Dev Disord. 2006;36:169-183.
68. Baron-Cohen S. Autism: the empathizing-systemizing (E-S) theory. Ann N Y Acad Sci. 2009;1156:68-80.
69. Rogers K, Dziobek I, Hassenstab J, et al. Who cares? Revisiting empathy in Asperger syndrome. J Autism Dev Disord. 2007;37: 709-715.
70. Ashwin C, Chapman E, Colle L, et al. Impaired recognition of negative basic emotions in autism: a test of the amygdala theory. Soc Neurosci. 2006;1:349-363.
71. Klin A, Jones W, Schultz R, et al. Visual fixation patterns during viewing of naturalistic social situations as predictors of social competence in individuals with autism. Arch Gen Psychiatry. 2002; 59:809-816.
72. Schyns PG, Bonnar L, Gosselin F. Show me the features! Understanding recognition from the use of visual information. Psychol Sci. 2002;13:402-409.
73. Shaw P, Bramham J, Lawrence EJ, et al. Differential effects of lesions of the amygdala and prefrontal cortex on recognizing facial expressions of complex emotions. J Cogn Neurosci. 2005;17: 1410-1419.
74. Adolphs R, Baron-Cohen S, Tranel D. Impaired recognition of social emotions following amygdala damage. J Cogn Neurosci. 2002; 14:1264-1274.
75. Ekman P, Friesen WV. "The argument and evidence about universals in facial expressions of emotion". In: Wanger H, Manstead A, eds. Handbook of Social Psychophysiology. New York: John Wiley and Sons, Ltd.; 1989:143-164.
76. Panksepp J. Affective Neuroscience: the Foundations of Human and Animal Emotions. New York, Oxford: Oxford University Press; 1998:9-24.