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Gepubliceerd in: Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders 5/2014

01-05-2014 | Original Paper

Strategies for Perceiving Facial Expressions in Adults with Autism Spectrum Disorder

Auteurs: Jennifer A. Walsh, Mark D. Vida, M. D. Rutherford

Gepubliceerd in: Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders | Uitgave 5/2014

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Abstract

Rutherford and McIntosh (J Autism Dev Disord 37:187–196, 2007) demonstrated that individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) are more tolerant than controls of exaggerated schematic facial expressions, suggesting that they may use an alternative strategy when processing emotional expressions. The current study was designed to test this finding using photographs of real people. In addition, two control tasks were added to eliminate alternative explanations. We replicated the findings of Rutherford and McIntosh (J Autism Dev Disord 37:187–196, 2007) and also demonstrated that adults with ASD do not show this tolerance when evaluating how realistic the expressions are. These results suggest adults with ASD employ a rule-based strategy to a greater extent than typical adults when processing facial expressions but not when processing other aspects of faces.
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Metagegevens
Titel
Strategies for Perceiving Facial Expressions in Adults with Autism Spectrum Disorder
Auteurs
Jennifer A. Walsh
Mark D. Vida
M. D. Rutherford
Publicatiedatum
01-05-2014
Uitgeverij
Springer US
Gepubliceerd in
Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders / Uitgave 5/2014
Print ISSN: 0162-3257
Elektronisch ISSN: 1573-3432
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-013-1953-1

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