Gaze behavior, facial emotion processing, and neural underpinnings: A comparison of adolescents with autism spectrum disorder and conduct disorder
Differences in insula activation may be partially explained by gaze behavior. This implies an important role of gaze behavior in facial emotion processing, which should be considered for future brain imaging studies. In addition, our results suggest that targeting gaze behavior in interventions might be potentially beneficial for disorders showing impairments associated with the processing of emotional faces. The relation between eye gaze, CU traits, and neural function in different diagnoses needs further clarification in larger samples.
Authors
- Christina Stadler (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2178-0635)
- David M. Cole (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9260-0430)
- Philipp Sterzer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4687-2317)
- Susanne Walitza (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8161-8683)
- Alex Junghans (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0000-5334-9191)
- Evelyn Herbrecht (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3287-6261)
- Willeke M. Menks (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0983-7929)
- Francesco Santini (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6984-4816)
- Ana Cubillo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5657-7341)
- Bettina Jenny
- Lynn Valérie Fehlbaum (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7649-8699)
- Réka Borbás (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9538-3574)
- Nora Maria Raschle (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3160-5999)
- Antonia Tkalcec (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2872-5882)
- Gudrun Seeger‐Schneider
- Alessandro Baldassarri
- Vithusan Somasundaram
Institutions
- Radboud University Nijmegen (NL)
- University of Zurich (CH)
- University Hospital of Basel (CH)
- Radboud University Medical Center (NL)
- Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics (NL)
- Psychiatry Baselland (CH)
- Radboud Institute for Molecular Life Sciences (NL)
- Universitäre Psychiatrische Kliniken Basel (CH)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry
- Published
- 2025-05-26
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1111/jcpp.14172
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Autism Spectrum Disorder Research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.86
Funders
- Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung