Young children with Autism Spectrum Disorder look differently at positive versus negative emotional faces
Young children with Autism Spectrum Disorder look differently at positive versus negative emotional faces
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DOI：
10.1016/j.rasd.2008.01.004
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发表时间：
2008-10-01
影响因子：
2.5
通讯作者：
von Hofsten, Claes
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作者：
de Wit, Tessa C. J.;Falck-Ytter, Terje;von Hofsten, Claes
自闭症谱系障碍（ASD）的核心问题之一是社交互动问题，这在很大程度上体现在情绪信息处理不良。通常，成年人在扫描面部积极和消极情绪表达时会表现出特定的观看模式。在这项研究中，我们调查了 3 至 6 岁自闭症儿童组和 5 岁对照组是否存在相同的模式。我们发现，尽管患有自闭症谱系障碍的儿童比对照组更少关注面部特征区域（眼睛、嘴巴、鼻子），但患有自闭症谱系障碍的儿童和正常发育的儿童都对表现出积极和消极情绪的面部表现出差异扫描模式。具体来说，我们发现当观察表现出负面情绪的面孔时，眼睛区域的扫描会增加。这项研究表明，尽管患有自闭症谱系障碍的幼儿表现出异常的面部扫描模式，但他们在扫描积极和消极的面部表情时确实表现出不同的观看策略。 (C) 2008 Elsevier Ltd. 保留所有权利。
One of the core issues in Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is problematic social interaction, which for an important part is reflected by poor processing of emotional information. Typically, adults show specific viewing patterns while scanning positive and negative emotional expressions in faces. In this study, we investigated whether the same pattern is present in a group of 3- to 6-year-old children with ASD and a 5-year-old control group. We found that although the group with ASD looked less at feature areas of the face (eye, mouth, nose) than the control group, both the children with ASD and the normally developing children displayed differential scanning patterns for faces displaying positive and negative emotions. Specifically, we found increased scanning of the eye region when looking at faces displaying negative emotions. This study shows that, although young children with ASD exhibit abnormal face scanning patters, they do exhibit differential viewing strategies while scanning positive and negative facial expressions. (C) 2008 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.