Improving social cognition following theta burst stimulation over the right inferior frontal gyrus in autism spectrum: an 8-week double-blind sham-controlled trial
Our findings suggest that iTBS over the RIFG is not different from sham in reducing autistic symptoms and emotion dysregulation. Nonetheless, RIFG iTBS may improve social cognition of mentalizing others' feelings in autistic individuals.
Authors
- Cheng‐Ta Li
- Hsing‐Chang Ni (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7804-7891)
- Chi‐Hung Juan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9076-3591)
- Rou-Shayn Chen
- Meng‐Ying Hsieh
- Yi‐Lung Chen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2934-5814)
- Susan Shur‐Fen Gau (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2718-8221)
- Hsiang‐Yuan Lin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9519-209X)
- Chen‐Te Wu
Institutions
- Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CA)
- Asia University (TW)
- National Taiwan University (TW)
- Chang Gung University (TW)
- University of Toronto (CA)
- National Central University (TW)
- Taipei Veterans General Hospital (TW)
- Chang Gung Memorial Hospital (TW)
- Asia University (JP)
- Linkou Chang Gung Memorial Hospital (TW)
- National Neuroscience Institute (SG)
- National Taiwan University Hospital (TW)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Psychological Medicine
- Published
- 2024-09-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s0033291724001387
- Citations
- 7
- Primary Topic
- Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.73