Cognitive and Emotional Processing of Social Stimuli in Children and Youth With Autism Spectrum Disorder

NCT ID: NCT01322984

Last Updated: 2012-10-25

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

UNKNOWN

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

60 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2011-03-31

Brief Summary

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Children and youth diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) have been shown to react abnormally to social stimuli, especially to human faces. Children and youth with ASD show less interest in social stimuli, and may even avoid looking at or interact with such stimuli. It has been proposed that social stimuli elicit reactions like fear and stress in individuals with ASD, and this explains the lack of interest and avoidance. The present project investigates this hypothesis.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Autism Spectrum Disorder

Keywords

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ASD Startle

Study Design

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Allocation Method

NON_RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

BASIC_SCIENCE

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Normal controls

Normal children and youths

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Pictures

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

The participants will be exposed to pictures of faces and non-facial stimuli presented on a PC screen.

Startle eliciting noise

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Startle will be elicited by 95 dB noise, presented at different times after picture onset.

ASD

Children and youths diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder (ASD)

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Pictures

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

The participants will be exposed to pictures of faces and non-facial stimuli presented on a PC screen.

Startle eliciting noise

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Startle will be elicited by 95 dB noise, presented at different times after picture onset.

Interventions

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Pictures

The participants will be exposed to pictures of faces and non-facial stimuli presented on a PC screen.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Startle eliciting noise

Startle will be elicited by 95 dB noise, presented at different times after picture onset.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Diagnosed with autism spectrum disorders
Minimum Eligible Age

7 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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The Royal Norwegian Ministry of Health

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

University of Tromso

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Locations

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Department of Psychology, University of Tromso

Tromsø, Troms, Norway

Site Status

Countries

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Norway

Facility Contacts

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Ole Åsli, PhD

Role: primary

Related Links

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http://uit.no

Related Info

Other Identifiers

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2010/238

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id