Response Inhibition in Autistic Adults: A Functional Near‐Infrared Spectroscopy Study in Virtual Reality
While behavioral performance was comparable across groups, only non-autistic participants showed task-related modulation of dlPFC activity. These findings highlight differential neural engagement during inhibition and illustrate the potential of fNIRS paradigms for examining the executive functioning of autistic individuals in VR.
Authors
- Mathias Vukelić (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1593-6963)
- Nektaria Tagalidou (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6776-1443)
- Laura Bareiß (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5414-8105)
- Anna Vorreuther (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0006-3556-2486)
- Katharina Lingelbach
- Armin Hubert
- Marc Ristau
- Tanja Nittel
Institutions
- University of Stuttgart (DE)
- Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg (DE)
- Fraunhofer Institute for Industrial Engineering (DE)
- Stuttgart Technical University of Applied Sciences (DE)
- PicoQuant (Germany) (DE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Brain and Behavior
- Published
- 2026-02-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1002/brb3.71249
- Primary Topic
- Autism Spectrum Disorder Research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung