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Brief Report: Perception of Genuine and Posed Smiles by Individuals with Autism

Auteurs: Zillah L. Boraston, Ben Corden, Lynden K. Miles, David H. Skuse, Sarah-Jayne Blakemore

Gepubliceerd in: Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders | Uitgave 3/2008

Abstract

Individuals with autism are impaired in the recognition of fear, which may be due to their reduced tendency to look at the eyes. Here we investigated another potential perceptual and social consequence of reduced eye fixation. The eye region of the face is critical for identifying genuine, or sincere, smiles. We therefore investigated this ability in adults with autism. We used eye-tracking to measure gaze behaviour to faces displaying posed and genuine smiles. Adults with autism were impaired on the posed/genuine smile task and looked at the eyes significantly less than did controls. Also, within the autism group, task performance correlated with social interaction ability. We conclude that reduced eye contact in autism leads to reduced ability to discriminate genuine from posed smiles with downstream effects on social interaction.

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Titel: Brief Report: Perception of Genuine and Posed Smiles by Individuals with Autism
Auteurs: Zillah L. Boraston
Ben Corden
Lynden K. Miles
David H. Skuse
Sarah-Jayne Blakemore
Publicatiedatum: 01-03-2008
Uitgeverij: Springer US
Gepubliceerd in: Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders / Uitgave 3/2008
Print ISSN: 0162-3257
Elektronisch ISSN: 1573-3432
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-007-0421-1

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