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23-08-2014 | Perception In Autism

Atypical Social Judgment and Sensitivity to Perceptual Cues in Autism Spectrum Disorders

Auteurs: Baudouin Forgeot d’Arc, Franck Ramus, Aline Lefebvre, Delphine Brottier, Tiziana Zalla, Sanaa Moukawane, Frédérique Amsellem, Laurence Letellier, Hugo Peyre, Marie-Christine Mouren, Marion Leboyer, Richard Delorme

Gepubliceerd in: Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders | Uitgave 5/2016

Abstract

Evaluation of faces is an important dimension of social relationships. A degraded sensitivity to facial perceptual cues might contribute to atypical social interactions in autism spectrum disorder (ASD). The current study investigated whether face based social judgment is atypical in ASD and if so, whether it could be related to a degraded sensitivity to facial perceptual cues. Individuals with ASD (n = 33) and IQ- and age-matched controls (n = 38) were enrolled in this study. Watching a series of photographic or synthetic faces, they had to judge them for “kindness”. In synthetic stimuli, the amount of perceptual cues available could be either large or small. We observed that social judgment was atypical in the ASD group on photographic stimuli, but, contrarily to the prediction based on the degraded sensitivity hypothesis, analyses on synthetic stimuli found a similar performance and a similar effect of the amount of perceptual cues in both groups. Further studies on perceptual differences between photographs and synthetic pictures of faces might help understand atypical social judgment in ASD.

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Titel: Atypical Social Judgment and Sensitivity to Perceptual Cues in Autism Spectrum Disorders
Auteurs: Baudouin Forgeot d’Arc
Franck Ramus
Aline Lefebvre
Delphine Brottier
Tiziana Zalla
Sanaa Moukawane
Frédérique Amsellem
Laurence Letellier
Hugo Peyre
Marie-Christine Mouren
Marion Leboyer
Richard Delorme
Publicatiedatum: 23-08-2014
Uitgeverij: Springer US
Gepubliceerd in: Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders / Uitgave 5/2016
Print ISSN: 0162-3257
Elektronisch ISSN: 1573-3432
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-014-2208-5

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