fMRI differences?

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I am going to be interviewed for a research study and if I am accepted, they will do an fMRI on me while showing emotional pictures, they are actually looking at some emotional responses in psychosis.

But are there any aspie patterns or differences in and fMRI? Should I tell them about possible AS, or let them figure it out? I don't know how these studies work and if they find something very off if they tell people or not.

Internet search didn't tell me an extreme amount, seems there are some differences.

But a study doesn't mean anything unless they know how to group you, or where you are on the continuum. Given that, they'll probably ask a whole bunch of questions, and they'll use the answers to correlate your result with what you told them. Just answer any questions they ask honestly.

Usually, you will only get told if you have something very drastically wrong, such as a large anatomical problem (i.e. something missing in the brain) or a tumor. Neuropsychology is still in its infancy, so it's impossible as of now to tell from an fMRI whether or not somebody has a neuropsych disorder. That's a goal for the future.

As for your possible Asperger's, I would tell them. You may even be excluded from the study for being schizoaffective, depending on HOW rigorous the study's criteria are. If they want somebody whose psychotic disorder is only schizophrenia in nature, chances are you will be eliminated. Likewise, you may be eliminated for having any other comorbid disorder, including Asperger's and anxiety. If you do have Asperger's, it would be a confound, because the researchers wouldn't be able to know if any differences your brain shows in interpreting emotional pictures is from your Asperger's or from your psychosis.
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