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dc.contributor.authorJarvinen, Annaen_UK
dc.contributor.authorDering, Benjaminen_UK
dc.contributor.authorNeumann, Dirken_UK
dc.contributor.authorNg, Rowenaen_UK
dc.contributor.authorCrivelli, Davideen_UK
dc.contributor.authorGrichanik, Marken_UK
dc.contributor.authorKorenberg, Julieen_UK
dc.contributor.authorBellugi, Ursulaen_UK
dc.date.accessioned2013-03-25T23:08:07Z-
dc.date.available2013-03-25T23:08:07Z-
dc.date.issued2012-09en_UK
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1893/11496-
dc.description.abstractAlthough individuals with Williams syndrome (WS) typically demonstrate an increased appetitive social drive, their social profile is characterized by dissociations, including socially fearless behavior coupled with anxiousness, and distinct patterns of "peaks and valleys" of ability. The aim of this study was to compare the processing of social and non-social visually and aurally presented affective stimuli, at the levels of behavior and autonomic nervous system (ANS) responsivity, in individuals with WS contrasted with a typically developing (TD) group, with the view of elucidating the highly sociable and emotionally sensitive predisposition noted in WS. Behavioral findings supported previous studies of enhanced competence in processing social over non-social stimuli by individuals with WS; however, the patterns of ANS functioning underlying the behavioral performance revealed a surprising profile previously undocumented in WS. Specifically, increased heart rate (HR) reactivity, and a failure for electrodermal activity to habituate were found in individuals with WS contrasted with the TD group, predominantly in response to visual social affective stimuli. Within the auditory domain, greater arousal linked to variation in heart beat period was observed in relation to music stimuli in individuals with WS. Taken together, the findings suggest that the pattern of ANS response in WS is more complex than previously noted, with increased arousal to face and music stimuli potentially underpinning the heightened behavioral emotionality to such stimuli. The lack of habituation may underlie the increased affiliation and attraction to faces characterizing individuals with WS. Future research directions are suggested.en_UK
dc.language.isoenen_UK
dc.publisherFrontiers Research Foundationen_UK
dc.relationJarvinen A, Dering B, Neumann D, Ng R, Crivelli D, Grichanik M, Korenberg J & Bellugi U (2012) Sensitivity of the autonomic nervous system to visual and auditory affect across social and non-social domains in williams syndrome. Frontiers in Psychology, 3 (343). https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2012.00343en_UK
dc.rights© 2012 Järvinen, Dering, Neumann, Ng, Crivelli, Grichanik, Korenberg and Bellugi. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in other forums, provided the original authors and source are credited and subject to any copyright notices concerning any third-party graphics etc.en_UK
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/en_UK
dc.subjectwilliams syndromeen_UK
dc.subjectaffecten_UK
dc.subjectelectrodermal activityen_UK
dc.subjectheart rateen_UK
dc.subjectfacial expressionen_UK
dc.subjectautonomic nervous systemen_UK
dc.subjectpsychophysiologyen_UK
dc.titleSensitivity of the autonomic nervous system to visual and auditory affect across social and non-social domains in williams syndromeen_UK
dc.typeJournal Articleen_UK
dc.identifier.doi10.3389/fpsyg.2012.00343en_UK
dc.identifier.pmid23049519en_UK
dc.citation.jtitleFrontiers in Psychologyen_UK
dc.citation.issn1664-1078en_UK
dc.citation.volume3en_UK
dc.citation.issue343en_UK
dc.citation.publicationstatusPublisheden_UK
dc.citation.peerreviewedRefereeden_UK
dc.type.statusVoR - Version of Recorden_UK
dc.author.emailb.r.dering@stir.ac.uken_UK
dc.contributor.affiliationSalk Instituteen_UK
dc.contributor.affiliationPsychologyen_UK
dc.contributor.affiliationCalifornia Institute of Technologyen_UK
dc.contributor.affiliationSalk Instituteen_UK
dc.contributor.affiliationCatholic University of the Sacred Hearten_UK
dc.contributor.affiliationSalk Instituteen_UK
dc.contributor.affiliationUniversity of Utahen_UK
dc.contributor.affiliationSalk Instituteen_UK
dc.identifier.scopusid2-s2.0-84867076166en_UK
dc.identifier.wtid732395en_UK
dc.contributor.orcid0000-0002-0705-5325en_UK
dcterms.dateAccepted2012-09-30en_UK
dc.date.filedepositdate2013-03-25en_UK
rioxxterms.typeJournal Article/Reviewen_UK
rioxxterms.versionVoRen_UK
local.rioxx.authorJarvinen, Anna|en_UK
local.rioxx.authorDering, Benjamin|0000-0002-0705-5325en_UK
local.rioxx.authorNeumann, Dirk|en_UK
local.rioxx.authorNg, Rowena|en_UK
local.rioxx.authorCrivelli, Davide|en_UK
local.rioxx.authorGrichanik, Mark|en_UK
local.rioxx.authorKorenberg, Julie|en_UK
local.rioxx.authorBellugi, Ursula|en_UK
local.rioxx.projectInternal Project|University of Stirling|https://isni.org/isni/0000000122484331en_UK
local.rioxx.freetoreaddate2013-03-25en_UK
local.rioxx.licencehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/|2013-03-25|en_UK
local.rioxx.filenameFrontiers_2012.pdfen_UK
local.rioxx.filecount1en_UK
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