UN World Autism Awareness Day took place on the 2nd April. This day is designated to promote international awareness for Autistic Spectrum Disorders (ASDs). Over the past decade, major progress has been made towards removing inequalities for people with autism . However, in 2020, as the COVID-19 pandemic spread across the globe, a majority of countries announced lockdowns, impacting more than 90% of people worldwide. Many people with autism have been especially hard hit and studies show that they have been disproportionately affected by disruptions to routines, as well as services and supports that they rely on.
ASD has been known as a lifelong neurodevelopmental disorder for many decades, which has been shown to have profound effects on intellectual ability and psychological functioning as well as general ability. This Research Topic is interested in new insights into studies examining Executive Functions, emotion regulation and their associated disorders.
The term executive function is often used to define complex cognitive processing requiring the co-ordination of several sub processes to achieve a goal. Neuropsychological evidence has been used to suggest that executive processing has a strong relationship with the intact function of the frontal cortices. Executive dysfunction has been shown in a range of disorders, specifically with ASDs. It is generally attributed to structural or functional frontal pathology. Emotion dysregulation is a common issue experienced by individuals with ASD and has been associated with a wide range of negative mental and physical health outcomes. ASD is often associated with amplified emotional responses or poor emotional control, but little is known about these underlying mechanisms.
This Research Topic focuses on research investigating executive function and emotion regulation in ASD populations using neuroimaging techniques, with PET and fMRI, as well as EEG, ERP, HRV. Studies using functional integration and effective connectivity analyses are very welcome. We also welcome research explaining the clinical presentation of executive dysfunction associated with a range of pathologies, and also functional reorganisation within executive networks. Furthermore, investigations into, posterior cortical regions and subcortical structures collaborations with the prefrontal cortex to mediate successful/unsuccessful executive processing and emotion regulation. We are also interested in analytical approaches to study flexible and dynamic changes in both effective and ineffective functional connectivity between brain regions as this has dramatic implications for our understanding of normal and abnormal executive functions and emotion regulation.
UN World Autism Awareness Day took place on the 2nd April. This day is designated to promote international awareness for Autistic Spectrum Disorders (ASDs). Over the past decade, major progress has been made towards removing inequalities for people with autism . However, in 2020, as the COVID-19 pandemic spread across the globe, a majority of countries announced lockdowns, impacting more than 90% of people worldwide. Many people with autism have been especially hard hit and studies show that they have been disproportionately affected by disruptions to routines, as well as services and supports that they rely on.
ASD has been known as a lifelong neurodevelopmental disorder for many decades, which has been shown to have profound effects on intellectual ability and psychological functioning as well as general ability. This Research Topic is interested in new insights into studies examining Executive Functions, emotion regulation and their associated disorders.
The term executive function is often used to define complex cognitive processing requiring the co-ordination of several sub processes to achieve a goal. Neuropsychological evidence has been used to suggest that executive processing has a strong relationship with the intact function of the frontal cortices. Executive dysfunction has been shown in a range of disorders, specifically with ASDs. It is generally attributed to structural or functional frontal pathology. Emotion dysregulation is a common issue experienced by individuals with ASD and has been associated with a wide range of negative mental and physical health outcomes. ASD is often associated with amplified emotional responses or poor emotional control, but little is known about these underlying mechanisms.
This Research Topic focuses on research investigating executive function and emotion regulation in ASD populations using neuroimaging techniques, with PET and fMRI, as well as EEG, ERP, HRV. Studies using functional integration and effective connectivity analyses are very welcome. We also welcome research explaining the clinical presentation of executive dysfunction associated with a range of pathologies, and also functional reorganisation within executive networks. Furthermore, investigations into, posterior cortical regions and subcortical structures collaborations with the prefrontal cortex to mediate successful/unsuccessful executive processing and emotion regulation. We are also interested in analytical approaches to study flexible and dynamic changes in both effective and ineffective functional connectivity between brain regions as this has dramatic implications for our understanding of normal and abnormal executive functions and emotion regulation.
