Neurophysiological responses to faces and gaze direction differentiate children with ASD, ADHD and ASD + ADHD
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► Social cognitive impairments in ASD and ADHD have not been compared at the neural level. ► ERP responses to face orientation and gaze direction were examined in ASD, ADHD, ASD + ADHD and typical children. ► Atypical N170 neural specialisation and response to gaze direction were shown in ASD. ► A reduced face inversion effect on the P1 visual component was shown in ADHD. ► ASD + ADHD is an additive co-occurrence with the unique deficits of ASD and ADHD.
Keywords
ASD
ADHD
Comorbidity
Event-related potentials (ERP)
Face processing
Gaze
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