Attention to Facial Emotion Expressions in Children with Autism

Autor/inn/en	Begeer, Sander; Rieffe, Carolien; Terwogt, Mark Meerum; Stockmann, Lex
Titel	Attention to Facial Emotion Expressions in Children with Autism
Quelle	In: Autism: The International Journal of Research & Practice, 10 (2006) 1, S.37-51 (15 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1362-3613
DOI	10.1177/1362361306057862
Schlagwörter	Cues; Males; Control Groups; Autism; Psychological Patterns; Nonverbal Communication; Children; Attention + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Stichwort; Male; Männliches Geschlecht; Autismus; Non-verbal communication; Nonverbale Kommunikation; Child; Kind; Kinder; Aufmerksamkeit
Abstract	High-functioning children in the autism spectrum are frequently noted for their impaired attention to facial expressions of emotions. In this study, we examined whether attention to emotion cues in others could be enhanced in children with autism, by varying the relevance of children's attention to emotion expressions. Twenty-eight high-functioning boys with autism and 31 boys from a control group were asked to sort photos depicting smiling or frowning faces of adults. As found in earlier studies, in neutral conditions children with autism were less attentive to emotion expressions than children from a control group. This difference disappeared when children were explicitly asked to make a socially relevant decision. These findings suggest that the attention of children with autism to emotion expressions in others is influenced by situational factors. Theoretical implications of these findings are discussed. (Contains 4 tables.) (Author).
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