Inflexible adjustment of expectations affects cognitive-emotional conflict control in adolescents with autism spectrum disorder

• Published in: Cortex Vol. 130; pp. 231 - 245
• Main Authors: Schreiter, Marie L., Beste, Christian
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Italy Elsevier Ltd 01.09.2020
• Subjects: Autism spectrum disorder; Conflict control; EEG; Emotion; Precision weighting; Conflict control; Precision weighting; Emotion; EEG; Autism spectrum disorder

Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is marked by a range of challenges including cognitive and socio-emotional differences as well as difficulties to flexibly adjust to unpredictable situations. It has recently been suggested that people with ASD hold rigid expectations about upcoming events that tend to...