Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
SCIENTIFIC PAPERSExpression of Emotion in Young Autistic Children
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Less differentiated facial responses to naturalistic films of another person's emotional expressions in adolescents and adults with High-Functioning Autism Spectrum Disorder
2019, Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Biological PsychiatryCitation Excerpt :Reduced facial expressivity (flat affect) and deficits in nonverbal communicative behaviors have been described clinically as characteristic symptoms of ASD (American Psychiatric Association, 2013), and were supported by experimental studies. Compared to typically developed (TD) controls (or other non-ASD comparison groups), children with ASD show less spontaneous expressive behaviors in naturalistic settings (Bieberich and Morgan, 2004; Capps et al., 1993; Dawson et al., 1990; Kasari et al., 1990; Snow et al., 1987; Stagg et al., 2014) and reduced facial muscular movements during play situations (Czapinski and Bryson, 2003), as well as inappropriate, awkward, confusing, or ambiguous facial expressions of emotion (Brewer et al., 2016; Faso et al., 2015; Grossman et al., 2013; Loveland et al., 1994; MacDonald et al., 1989; Volker et al., 2009; Yirmiya et al., 1989). The spontaneous production of a facial expression that is congruent with that of a person one is observing increases rapport and creates coordination between interaction partners, and was shown to be important to an intact social life (Bourgeois and Hess, 2008; Chartrand and Bargh, 1999; Lakin et al., 2003).
Emotional Expressivity in Toddlers With Autism Spectrum Disorder
2018, Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent PsychiatrySelf-Regulation in Young Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder: An Interdisciplinary Perspective on Emotion Regulation, Executive Function, and Effortful Control
2017, International Review of Research in Developmental DisabilitiesCitation Excerpt :In comparison to typically developing children, some research has demonstrated that children with ASD show less affect overall, with more negative and incongruous affective blends (i.e., simultaneous positive and negative affective blends; Yirmiya, Kasari, Sigman, & Mundy, 1989) in this population. Studies have also observed less positive affect in this population toward an adult social partner, as compared to typically developing children (Kasari et al., 1990; Snow, Hertzig, & Shapiro, 1987). Such differences in emotional expressions have been observed early in development, as there is observational evidence of extreme distress reactions and decreased positive affect as early as 12 months in infants who are later diagnosed with ASD (Rogers, 2009; Zwaigenbaum et al., 2005).
Lost for emotion words: What motor and limbic brain activity reveals about autism and semantic theory
2015, NeuroImageCitation Excerpt :In terms of emotional expression, studies in autism also indicate lower responsivity to emotional displays of others (Sigman et al., 1992; Kasari et al., 1993), a lack of spontaneous mimicry of others' facial expressions (McIntosh et al., 2006; Beall et al., 2008; Oberman et al., 2009), and attenuated physiological response to emotional expressions, pain and distress in others (Corona et al., 1998; Ben Shalom et al., 2006; Bölte et al., 2008; Minio-Paluello et al., 2009). Vocalisations and facial expressions of affect in autism are characteristically flat or neutral (Snow et al., 1987; Yirmiya et al., 1989; Capps et al., 1993), and may be inappropriately disconnected from the social context in which they appear (Neuman and Hill, 1978; Dawson and McKissick, 1984; Hobson et al., 2006). Finally, difficulty in identifying and describing emotions verbally, known as alexithymia, is much more prevalent in people with ASC (Lombardo et al., 2007; Hill et al., 2004) and their parents (Szatmari et al., 2008).
Valence and Intensity of Emotional Expression in Autistic and Non-Autistic Toddlers
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