16-08-2019 | Original Paper | Uitgave 11/2019
Trustworthiness and Dominance Personality Traits’ Judgments in Adults with Autism Spectrum Disorder
- Tijdschrift:
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Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders
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Uitgave 11/2019
- Auteurs:
- Alice Latimier, Klara Kovarski, Hugo Peyre, Laura Gabriela Fernandez, Doriane Gras, Marion Leboyer, Tiziana Zalla
Abstract
Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is characterized by impairments in social functioning, communication, and by the presence of repetitive behaviours and restricted interests. Abnormal processing of faces has also been described as a neuropsychological feature of ASD. We investigated the ability to judge two personality traits in adults with ASD in comparison to typically developed adults (TD). We used an eye tracking device to investigate the exploration of faces when participants judged the degree of trustworthiness and dominance of synthetic faces. In sum, we found that adults with ASD were as capable as TD adults to judge personality traits of face trustworthiness and dominance, which relied on similar exploration of the synthetic faces in the two populations.