Abnormal Use of Facial Information in High-Functioning Autism

Autor/inn/en	Spezio, Michael L.; Adolphs, Ralph; Hurley, Robert S. E.; Piven, Joseph
Titel	Abnormal Use of Facial Information in High-Functioning Autism
Quelle	In: Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 37 (2007) 5, S.929-939 (11 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0162-3257
DOI	10.1007/s10803-006-0232-9
Schlagwörter	Social Cognition; Autism; Interpersonal Competence; Nonverbal Communication; Human Body; Control Groups; Adults; Measures (Individuals) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Soziale Kognition; Autismus; Interpersonale Kompetenz; Non-verbal communication; Nonverbale Kommunikation; Menschlicher Körper; Messdaten
Abstract	Altered visual exploration of faces likely contributes to social cognition deficits seen in autism. To investigate the relationship between face gaze and social cognition in autism, we measured both face gaze and how facial regions were actually used during emotion judgments from faces. Compared to IQ-matched healthy controls, nine high-functioning adults with autism failed to make use of information from the eye region of faces, instead relying primarily on information from the mouth. Face gaze accounted for the increased reliance on the mouth, and partially accounted for the deficit in using information from the eyes. These findings provide a novel quantitative assessment of how people with autism utilize information in faces when making social judgments. (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10