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Article Dans Une Revue Communications Biology Année : 2024

Sex modulation of faces prediction error in the autistic brain

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Recent research suggests that autistic females may have superior socio-cognitive abilities compared to autistic males, potentially contributing to underdiagnosis in females. However, it remains unclear whether these differences arise from distinct neurophysiological functioning in autistic males and females. This study addresses this question by presenting 41 autistic and 48 non-autistic adults with a spatially filtered faces oddball paradigm. Analysis of event-related potentials from scalp electroencephalography reveal a neurophysiological profile in autistic females that fell between those of autistic males and non-autistic females, highlighting sex differences in autism from the initial stages of face processing. This finding underscores the urgent need to explore neurophysiological sex differences in autism and encourages efforts toward a better comprehension of compensation mechanism and a clearer definition of what is meant by camouflaging.

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hal-04587753 , version 1 (24-05-2024)

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Adeline Lacroix, Sylvain Harquel, Martial Mermillod, Marta Garrido, Leonardo Barbosa, et al.. Sex modulation of faces prediction error in the autistic brain. Communications Biology, 2024, 7, pp.127. ⟨10.1038/s42003-024-05807-4⟩. ⟨hal-04587753⟩
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