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11-02-2019 | Original Article

The Nature of Facial Emotion Recognition Impairments in Children on the Autism Spectrum

Auteurs: Nathaniel A. Shanok, Nancy Aaron Jones, Nikola N. Lucas

Gepubliceerd in: Child Psychiatry & Human Development | Uitgave 4/2019

Abstract

This study examined socio-emotional skills, utilizing a facial emotion recognition (FER) task featuring unfamiliar and familiar faces, in children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) compared to typically developing (TD) children. Results showed that the TD children were more proficient on the FER overall whereas ASD children recognized familiar expressions more precisely than unfamiliar ones. Further, ASD children did not differ from TD children in recognizing happy expressions but ASD children were less skilled with recognizing negative expressions. Findings suggest that ASD children possess more adept FER abilities than previously thought especially for important social others. Ultimately, a task featuring an array of positive and negative familiar and unfamiliar expressions may provide a more comprehensive assessment of socio-emotional abilities in ASD children.

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Titel: The Nature of Facial Emotion Recognition Impairments in Children on the Autism Spectrum
Auteurs: Nathaniel A. Shanok
Nancy Aaron Jones
Nikola N. Lucas
Publicatiedatum: 11-02-2019
Uitgeverij: Springer US
Gepubliceerd in: Child Psychiatry & Human Development / Uitgave 4/2019
Print ISSN: 0009-398X
Elektronisch ISSN: 1573-3327
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10578-019-00870-z

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