Do the Eyes Have It? Inferring Mental States from Animated Faces in Autism

Autor/inn/en	Back, Elisa; Ropar, Danielle; Mitchell, Peter
Titel	Do the Eyes Have It? Inferring Mental States from Animated Faces in Autism
Quelle	In: Child Development, 78 (2007) 2, S.397-411 (15 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0009-3920
DOI	10.1111/j.1467-8624.2007.01005.x
Schlagwörter	Autism; Cognitive Ability; Nonverbal Communication; Human Body; Control Groups; Pervasive Developmental Disorders; Stimuli; Task Analysis + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Autismus; Denkfähigkeit; Non-verbal communication; Nonverbale Kommunikation; Menschlicher Körper; Anreizsystem; Aufgabenanalyse
Abstract	The ability of individuals with autistic spectrum disorders (ASD) to infer mental states from dynamic and static facial stimuli was investigated. In Experiment 1, individuals with ASD (10- to 14-year olds; N = 18) performed above chance but not as well as controls. Accuracy scores for mental states did not differ between dynamic and static faces. Furthermore, participants with ASD gained higher scores when the eyes conveyed information than when this region remained static and neutral. Experiment 2 revealed that those with ASD (11- to 15-year olds; N = 18) were as successful as controls in recognizing mental states when the eyes were presented in isolation or in the context of the whole face. Findings challenge claims that individuals with ASD are impaired at inferring mental states from the eyes. (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10