Associations attentionnelles et électrophysiologiques avec les capacités de fonction exécutive chez de jeunes enfants autistes

Titre original en anglais : Attentional and electrophysiological associations with executive function ability in young autistic children

Leahy, C., Major, S., Howard, J., Carpenter, K. L. H., Tenenbaum, E. J., Franz, L., Vermeer, S., Grapel, J., Compton, S. N., Spanos, M., & Dawson, G. (2025). Attentional and electrophysiological associations with executive function ability in young autistic children. Scientific Reports, 15(1), 24883-24883. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-06006-9

Date de publication: 10/07/2025 Ajout dans AutiHub: 05/07/2026 Type: Article Langue de l’article: Anglais

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Des difficultés de fonctionnement exécutif (FE) ont été systématiquement rapportées chez les personnes autistes, mais les mécanismes attentionnels et neuronaux à l'origine de ces difficultés sont moins bien connus. Nous avons exploré les associations entre les capacités de FE et l'attention soutenue, mesurée par suivi oculaire, ainsi que des mesures spontanées de densité de puissance spectrale EEG chez 176 enfants autistes âgés de 2 à 8 ans présentant un large éventail de capacités cognitives. La FE a été mesurée à l'aide du Behavior Rating Inventory of Executive Function (BRIEF). Nous avons constaté que les capacités de FE étaient positivement associées aux durées de regard pendant le visionnage de stimuli audiovisuels complexes comportant un contenu social et une parole dyadique. Nous avons également constaté que la FE était négativement associée à la puissance thêta sur l'ensemble du scalp et positivement associée à la puissance bêta et gamma frontale. Ces résultats éclairent les associations attentionnelles et neuronales avec les capacités de FE et soulignent le rôle de l'activité cérébrale frontale pour la FE dans l'autisme.

Difficulties in executive functioning (EF) have been consistently reported in autistic individuals, but less is known about the attentional and neural mechanisms driving these difficulties. We explored the associations between EF abilities and sustained attention, measured with eye-tracking, and spontaneous measures of EEG spectral power density in 176 2-8 year-old autistic children with a wide range of cognitive abilities. EF was measured using the Behavior Rating Inventory of Executive Function (BRIEF). We found that EF abilities were positively associated with look durations while watching complex, audiovisual stimuli involving social content and dyadic speech. We also found that EF was negatively associated with scalp-wide theta power and positively associated with frontal beta and gamma power. These results shed light on attentional and neural associations with EF abilities and underscore the role of frontal brain activity for EF in autism.

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