Reduced accuracy and sensitivity in the perception of emotional facial expressions in individuals with high autism spectrum traits
Source
Autism, 17, 6, (2013), pp. 668-680ISSN
Publication type
Article / Letter to editor

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Journal title
Autism
Volume
vol. 17
Issue
iss. 6
Languages used
English (eng)
Page start
p. 668
Page end
p. 680
Subject
Action, intention, and motor control; DI-BCB_DCC_Theme 2: Perception, Action and ControlAbstract
Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is among other things characterized by specific impairments in emotion processing. It is not clear, however, to what extent the typical decline in affective functioning is related to the specific autistic traits. We employed The Autism Spectrum-Quotient (AQ) to quantify autistic traits in a group of 500 healthy individuals and investigate whether we could detect similar difficulties in the perception of emotional expressions in a broader autistic phenotype. The group with high AQ score was less accurate and needed higher emotional content to recognize emotions of anger, disgust, and sadness. Our findings demonstrate a selective impairment in identification of emotional facial expressions in healthy individuals that is primarily related to the extent of autistic traits.
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