Tracking Social Motivation Systems Deficits: The Affective Neuroscience View of Autism

Arnaud Carré, Coralie Chevallier, Laurence Robel, Caroline Barry, Anne-Solène Maria, Lydia Pouga, Anne Philippe, François Pinabel, Sylvie Berthoz
J Autism Dev Disord. 2015-06-28; 45(10): 3351-3363
DOI: 10.1007/s10803-015-2498-2

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1. J Autism Dev Disord. 2015 Oct;45(10):3351-63. doi: 10.1007/s10803-015-2498-2.

Tracking social motivation systems deficits: the affective neuroscience view of
autism.

Carré A(1)(2)(3)(4), Chevallier C(5), Robel L(6)(7)(8)(9), Barry C(10)(11)(12),
Maria AS(13)(14)(15)(16), Pouga L(17), Philippe A(18)(19), Pinabel F(20),
Berthoz S(21)(22)(23)(24).

Author information:
(1)Mental Health and Public Health, Inserm, U1178, 75014, Paris, France.
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(2)Université Paris Descartes, Sorbonne Paris Cité, 75006, Paris, France.
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(3)Université Paris Sud, UniverSud Paris, 91400, Orsay, France.
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(4)Université Savoie Mont Blanc, LIPPC2S, 73000, Chambéry, France.
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(5)Laboratoire de Neurosciences Cognitives, Inserm, U960, Ecole Normale
Supérieure, PSL Research University, 75005, Paris, France.
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(6)Mental Health and Public Health, Inserm, U1178, 75014, Paris, France.
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(7)Université Paris Descartes, Sorbonne Paris Cité, 75006, Paris, France.
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(8)Université Paris Sud, UniverSud Paris, 91400, Orsay, France.
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(9)Hôpital Necker Enfants Malades, Department of Child and Adolescent
Psychiatry, Assistance Publique – Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP), 75015, Paris,
France. .
(10)Mental Health and Public Health, Inserm, U1178, 75014, Paris, France.
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(11)Université Paris Descartes, Sorbonne Paris Cité, 75006, Paris, France.
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(12)Université Paris Sud, UniverSud Paris, 91400, Orsay, France.
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(13)Mental Health and Public Health, Inserm, U1178, 75014, Paris, France.
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(14)Université Paris Descartes, Sorbonne Paris Cité, 75006, Paris, France.
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(15)Université Paris Sud, UniverSud Paris, 91400, Orsay, France.
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(16)Hôpital Paul Brousse, Eating Disorders Unit, Assistance Publique – Hôpitaux
de Paris (AP-HP), 94800, Villejuif, France. .
(17)Laboratoire de Neurosciences Cognitives, Inserm, U960, Ecole Normale
Supérieure, PSL Research University, 75005, Paris, France.
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(18)Hôpital Necker Enfants Malades, Department of Child and Adolescent
Psychiatry, Assistance Publique – Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP), 75015, Paris,
France. .
(19)Genetics and Epigenetics of Neurometabolic Diseases and Birth Defects,
Inserm, U781, 75015, Paris, France. .
(20)Hôpital Pitié-Salpétrière, Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry,
Assistance Publique – Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP), 75013, Paris, France.
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(21)Mental Health and Public Health, Inserm, U1178, 75014, Paris, France.
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(22)Université Paris Descartes, Sorbonne Paris Cité, 75006, Paris, France.
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(23)Université Paris Sud, UniverSud Paris, 91400, Orsay, France.
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(24)Department of Psychiatry for Adolescents & Young Adults, Institut Mutualiste
Montsouris, 75014, Paris, France. .

Abnormal functioning of primary brain systems that express and modulate basic
emotional drives are increasingly considered to underlie mental disorders
including autism spectrum disorders. We hypothesized that ASD are characterized
by disruptions in the primary systems involved in the motivation for social
bonding. Twenty adults with ASD were compared to 20 neurotypical participants on
the basis of self-reports and clinical assessments, including the Social
Anhedonia Scale (SAS) and the Affective Neuroscience Personality Scales (ANPS).
ASD diagnosis was related to SAS, as well as to positive (PLAYFULNESS) and
negative (FEAR) ANPS-traits. In the overall sample, levels of autistic traits
(AQ) were related to SAS and PLAYFULNESS. We argue that PLAYFULNESS could be at
the root of social bonding impairments in ASD.

DOI: 10.1007/s10803-015-2498-2
PMID: 26123007 [Indexed for MEDLINE]

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