The amygdala theory of autism.

By Simon Baron-Cohen, H. Ring, E. Bullmore, Sally J. Wheelwright, Chris Ashwin, Steven Williams. Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews, 2000

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The Amygdala Is Enlarged in Children But Not Adolescents with Autism; the Hippocampus Is Enlarged at All Ages (2004, background): “This has lead some to suggest that the amygdala might be the primary structure responsible for the social impairments in autism (Baron-Cohen et al., 2000).”
Contributions of the amygdala to emotion processing: from animal models to human behavior. (2005, result): “This specific effect on social fear is consistent with studies that have emphasized the importance of amygdala alterations in autism (Bachevalier, 1994; Baron-Cohen et al., 2000; Kemper and Bauman, 1993).”
Abnormal Processing of Social Information from Faces in Autism (2001, background): “…amygdala dysfunction and autism is provided by a recent functional imaging study, which showed that the amygdala is activated in normal individuals, but not in subjects with autism, on a task in which autistic subjects are impaired (Baron-Cohen et al., 1999; see also Baron-Cohen et al., 2000).”
Recognition of Emotions in Autism: A Formal Meta-Analysis (2013, result): “Dysfunction of the amygdala in autism could cause poor recognition of fear and other negative emotions (Ashwin et al. 2006; Baron-Cohen et al. 2000; Howard et al. 2000), which is compatible with our data.”
Why is joint attention a pivotal skill in autism? (2003, background): “2002) or at the level of processing and understanding emotions (Baron-Cohen et al. 2000; Klin et al. 2002a).”
Advancing the understanding of autism disease mechanisms through genetics (2016, neutral): “The amygdala is another candidate region that may be affected in ASD because of its role in modulating fear and social behavior 202,207,208 .”
An fMRI study of intentional and unintentional (embarrassing) violations of social norms. (2002, background): “In another respect, there have been some suggestions that the amygdala may play a role in either the development, or functioning, of ToM (Baron-Cohen et al., 1999b, 2000; Fine et al., 2001).”
Reduced functional connectivity between V1 and inferior frontal cortex associated with visuomotor performance in autism (2005, background): “…deficits, may be detected by 1 year of age in infants later diagnosed with autism (Osterling and Dawson, 1994; Osterling et al., 2002), suggesting early emerging problems in brain systems that support socio-communicative development (Baron-Cohen et al., 1999a, 1999b; Dawson et al., 1996).”
Investigating the predictive value of whole-brain structural MR scans in autism: A pattern classification approach (2010, background): “The limbic system and its neuroanatomical connections have attracted much attention in autism research and have been linked to various aspects of emotional and social processing, executive functioning and episodic memory (for reviews, see Bachevalier and Loveland, 2006; Baron-Cohen et al., 2000).”
Empathy: Its ultimate and proximate bases. (2001, background): “& Williams, S. C. R. (1999) Social intelligence in the normal and”