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Electroencephalogram Coherence in Children With and Without Autism Spectrum Disorders: Decreased Interhemispheric Connectivity in Autism
Autism Research
  • Audrey Meyer Carson, Baylor College of Medicine
  • Nicole M.G. Salowitz, Marquette University
  • Robert A. Scheidt, Marquette University
  • Bridget K. Dolan, Marquette University
  • Amy V. Van Hecke, Marquette University
Document Type
Article
Language
eng
Format of Original
10 p.
Publication Date
6-1-2014
Publisher
Wiley
Original Item ID
doi: 10.1002/aur.1367
Abstract

Electroencephalogram coherence was measured in children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) and control children at baseline and while watching videos of a familiar and unfamiliar person reading a story. Coherence was measured between the left and right hemispheres of the frontal, parietal, and temporal-parietal lobes (interhemispheric) and between the frontal and parietal lobes in each hemisphere (intrahemispheric). A data-reduction technique was employed to identify the frequency (alpha) that yielded significant differences in video conditions. Children with ASD displayed reduced coherence at the alpha frequency between the left and right temporal-parietal lobes in all conditions and reduced coherence at the alpha frequency between left and right frontal lobes during baseline. No group differences in intrahemispheric coherence at the alpha frequency emerged at the chosen statistical threshold. Results suggest decreased interhemispheric connectivity in frontal and temporal-parietal regions in children with ASD compared to controls.

Comments

Accepted version. Autism Research, Vol. 7, No. 3 (June 2014): 334-343. DOI. © 2014 Wiley. Used with permission.

Citation Information
Audrey Meyer Carson, Nicole M.G. Salowitz, Robert A. Scheidt, Bridget K. Dolan, et al.. "Electroencephalogram Coherence in Children With and Without Autism Spectrum Disorders: Decreased Interhemispheric Connectivity in Autism" Autism Research (2014) ISSN: 1939-3792
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/robert_scheidt/16/