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SUBMITTER: Edmiston EK
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5140009 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Journal of autism and developmental disorders 20160901 9
The Trier Social Stress Test (TSST) was employed to study response to social evaluative threat in male adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD, n = 21) and typical development (n = 13). Participants wore a mobile electrocardiogram to collect heart rate data. There were significant group effects on respiratory sinus arrhythmia (RSA), a measure of parasympathetic nervous system function, with lower values in ASD (F = 4.97). Bivariate correlations also showed a significant relationship betwe ...[more]