Neurotherapy to Promote Emotion Recognition in Autism

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Conditions studied: Autism Spectrum Disorder

In brief

Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is a neurodevelopmental disorder, more prevalent than previously thought and heterogeneous in expression, though uniformly characterized by severe social disability. The social disability that defines ASD pervades other areas of adaptive behavior, is predictive of secondary mental health problems, and adversely affects long-term outcome. Although ASD is a chronic condition, there has been little research on interventions for adults with ASD. This study proposes to first establish the neural plasticity of specific brain mechanisms underlying difficulties with facial emotion recognition, a core deficit believed to be pivotal in the behavioral expression of ASD-social disability. The investigators will then develop a novel, computer-based intervention using real-time feedback, to the user, to ameliorate emotion recognition deficits.

Key facts

Study ID
NCT03376373
Run by
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
People needed
28
Starts
2016-09-01
Expected to finish
2019-12-31
Last updated by the study team
2020-09-16

Who can join

Age: 16 and older, up to 29. Sex: male. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

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Where it is running

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