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08-12-2018 | Original Paper

Attentional Patterns to Emotional Faces Versus Scenes in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders

Auteurs: Farah Ghosn, Manuel Perea, Javier Castelló, Miguel Ángel Vázquez, Núria Yáñez, Inmaculada Marcos, Rosa Sahuquillo, Máximo Vento, Ana García-Blanco

Gepubliceerd in: Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders | Uitgave 4/2019

Abstract

Previous research has shown attentional biases in children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) when processing distressing information. This study examined these attentional patterns as a function of the type of stimulus (scenes and faces) and the stimulus valence (happy, sad, threatening, neutral) using a within-subject design. A dot-probe was applied to ASD (n = 24) and typically developing (TD) children (n = 24). Results showed no differences between the groups for happy and sad stimuli. Critically, ASD children showed an attentional bias toward threatening scenes but away from threatening faces. Thus, the type of stimuli modulated the direction of attentional biases to distressing information in ASD children. These results are discussed in the framework of current theories on cognitive and emotional processing in ASD.

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Titel: Attentional Patterns to Emotional Faces Versus Scenes in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders
Auteurs: Farah Ghosn
Manuel Perea
Javier Castelló
Miguel Ángel Vázquez
Núria Yáñez
Inmaculada Marcos
Rosa Sahuquillo
Máximo Vento
Ana García-Blanco
Publicatiedatum: 08-12-2018
Uitgeverij: Springer US
Gepubliceerd in: Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders / Uitgave 4/2019
Print ISSN: 0162-3257
Elektronisch ISSN: 1573-3432
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-018-3847-8

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