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Gepubliceerd in: Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders 8/2020

13-02-2020 | Brief Report

Brief Report: Autistic Adults Assign Less Weight to Affective Cues When Judging Others’ Ambiguous Emotional States

Auteurs: Paul A. G. Forbes, Antonia F. de C. Hamilton

Gepubliceerd in: Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders | Uitgave 8/2020

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Abstract

Understanding other people’s emotional states involves integrating multiple sources of information, such as someone’s smile (affective cue) with our knowledge that they have passed an exam (situational cue). We explored whether autistic adults display differences in how they integrate these cues by showing participants videos of students receiving their exams results. Our results suggest autistic adults generally perform as neurotypical participants when identifying and integrating affective and situational cues. It was only in certain unfamiliar and ambiguous social situations that autistic adults assigned less weight to affective cues compared to situational cues when judging other people’s emotional states.
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Metagegevens
Titel
Brief Report: Autistic Adults Assign Less Weight to Affective Cues When Judging Others’ Ambiguous Emotional States
Auteurs
Paul A. G. Forbes
Antonia F. de C. Hamilton
Publicatiedatum
13-02-2020
Uitgeverij
Springer US
Gepubliceerd in
Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders / Uitgave 8/2020
Print ISSN: 0162-3257
Elektronisch ISSN: 1573-3432
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-020-04410-w

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