Face Engagement during Infancy Predicts Later Face Recognition Ability in Younger Siblings of Children with Autism

Autor/inn/en	de Klerk, Carina C. J. M.; Gliga, Teodora; Charman, Tony; Johnson, Mark H.
Titel	Face Engagement during Infancy Predicts Later Face Recognition Ability in Younger Siblings of Children with Autism
Quelle	In: Developmental Science, 17 (2014) 4, S.596-611 (16 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1363-755X
DOI	10.1111/desc.12141
Schlagwörter	Pervasive Developmental Disorders; Autism; At Risk Persons; Responses; Human Body; Cognitive Processes; Clinical Diagnosis; Age Differences; Recognition (Psychology); Infants; Young Children; Predictor Variables + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Autismus; Risikogruppe; Menschlicher Körper; Cognitive process; Kognitiver Prozess; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Recognition; Wiedererkennen; Infant; Toddler; Toddlers; Kleinkind; Frühe Kindheit; Prädiktor
Abstract	Face recognition difficulties are frequently documented in children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD). It has been hypothesized that these difficulties result from a reduced interest in faces early in life, leading to decreased cortical specialization and atypical development of the neural circuitry for face processing. However, a recent study by our lab demonstrated that infants at increased familial risk for ASD, irrespective of their diagnostic status at 3 years, exhibit a clear orienting response to faces. The present study was conducted as a follow-up on the same cohort to investigate how measures of early engagement with faces relate to face-processing abilities later in life. We also investigated whether face recognition difficulties are specifically related to an ASD diagnosis, or whether they are present at a higher rate in all those at familial risk. At 3 years we found a reduced ability to recognize unfamiliar faces in the high-risk group that was not specific to those children who received an ASD diagnosis, consistent with face recognition difficulties being an endophenotype of the disorder. Furthermore, we found that longer looking at faces at 7 months was associated with poorer performance on the face recognition task at 3 years in the high-risk group. These findings suggest that longer looking at faces in infants at risk for ASD might reflect early face-processing difficulties and predicts difficulties with recognizing faces later in life. [The BASIS team members who contributed to the writing of this article are: Simon Baron-Cohen, Patrick Bolton, Susie Chandler, Janice Fernandes, Mayada Elsabbagh, Holly Garwood, Kristelle Hudry, Greg Pasco, Andrew Pickles, Leslie Tucker, and Agnes Volein.] (As Provided).
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