Differences between Autistic and Non-Autistic Adults in the Recognition of Anger from Facial Motion Remain after Controlling for Alexithymia

Autor/inn/en	Keating, Connor T.; Fraser, Dagmar S.; Sowden, Sophie; Cook, Jennifer L.
Titel	Differences between Autistic and Non-Autistic Adults in the Recognition of Anger from Facial Motion Remain after Controlling for Alexithymia
Quelle	In: Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 52 (2022) 4, S.1855-1871 (17 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0162-3257
DOI	10.1007/s10803-021-05083-9
Schlagwörter	Autism; Pervasive Developmental Disorders; Emotional Response; Nonverbal Communication; Cues; Adults; Predictor Variables; Recognition (Psychology); Visual Discrimination + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Autismus; Emotionales Verhalten; Non-verbal communication; Nonverbale Kommunikation; Stichwort; Prädiktor; Recognition; Wiedererkennen
Abstract	To date, studies have not established whether autistic and non-autistic individuals differ in emotion recognition from facial motion cues when matched in terms of alexithymia. Here, autistic and non-autistic adults (N = 60) matched on age, gender, non-verbal reasoning ability and alexithymia, completed an emotion recognition task, which employed dynamic point light displays of emotional facial expressions manipulated in terms of speed and spatial exaggeration. Autistic participants exhibited significantly lower accuracy for angry, but not happy or sad, facial motion with unmanipulated speed and spatial exaggeration. Autistic, and not alexithymic, traits were predictive of accuracy for angry facial motion with unmanipulated speed and spatial exaggeration. Alexithymic traits, in contrast, were predictive of the magnitude of "both" correct and incorrect emotion ratings. (As Provided).
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Update	2022/4/11