Attention to facial emotion expressions in children with autism
Attention to facial emotion expressions in children with autism
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DOI：
10.1177/1362361306057862
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发表时间：
2006-01-01
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影响因子：
5.2
通讯作者：
Stockmann, L
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作者：
Begeer, S;Rieffe, C;Stockmann, L
自闭症谱系中的高功能儿童经常因对面部情绪表达的注意力受损而闻名。在这项研究中，我们研究了是否可以通过改变儿童对情绪表达的注意力的相关性来增强自闭症儿童对他人情绪线索的注意力。 28 名患有自闭症的高功能男孩和对照组的 31 名男孩被要求对描绘成年人微笑或皱眉的面孔的照片进行分类。正如早期研究发现的那样，在中性条件下，自闭症儿童比对照组的儿童不太注意情绪表达。当孩子们被明确要求做出与社会相关的决定时，这种差异就消失了。这些发现表明，自闭症儿童对其他人情绪表达的注意力受到情境因素的影响。讨论了这些发现的理论意义。
High-functioning children in the autism spectrum are frequently noted for their impaired attention to facial expressions of emotions. In this study, we examined whether attention to emotion cues in others could be enhanced in children with autism, by varying the relevance of children's attention to emotion expressions. Twenty-eight high-functioning boys with autism and 31 boys from a control group were asked to sort photos depicting smiling or frowning faces of adults. As found in earlier studies, in neutral conditions children with autism were less attentive to emotion expressions than children from a control group. This difference disappeared when children were explicitly asked to make a socially relevant decision. These findings suggest that the attention of children with autism to emotion expressions in others is influenced by situational factors. Theoretical implications of these findings are discussed.