Journal article
Eye-Gaze Analysis of Facial Emotion Recognition and Expression in Adolescents with ASD
Journal of clinical child and adolescent psychology, v 46(1), pp 110-124
01 Jan 2017
PMID: 27654330
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Abstract
Impaired emotion recognition and expression in individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) may contribute to observed social impairment. The aim of this study was to examine the role of visual attention directed toward nonsocial aspects of a scene as a possible mechanism underlying recognition and expressive ability deficiency in ASD. One recognition and two expression tasks were administered. Recognition was assessed in force-choice paradigm, and expression was assessed during scripted and free-choice response (in response to emotional stimuli) tasks in youth with ASD (n=20) and an age-matched sample of typically developing youth (n=20). During stimulus presentation prior to response in each task, participants' eye gaze was tracked. Youth with ASD were less accurate at identifying disgust and sadness in the recognition task. They fixated less to the eye region of stimuli showing surprise. A group difference was found during the free-choice response task, such that those with ASD expressed emotion less clearly but not during the scripted task. Results suggest altered eye gaze to the mouth region but not the eye region as a candidate mechanism for decreased ability to recognize or express emotion. Findings inform our understanding of the association between social attention and emotion recognition and expression deficits.
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- Title
- Eye-Gaze Analysis of Facial Emotion Recognition and Expression in Adolescents with ASD
- Creators
- Andrea Trubanova Wieckowski - Virginia TechSusan W. White - Virginia Polytech Inst & State Univ, Dept Psychol, Blacksburg, VA 24061 USA
- Publication Details
- Journal of clinical child and adolescent psychology, v 46(1), pp 110-124
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis
- Number of pages
- 15
- Grant note
- Organization for Autism Research Graduate Research Grant Virginia Tech Graduate Research Development Program
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- A.J. Drexel Autism Institute
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000395150500008
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-84988428958
- Other Identifier
- 991021862393404721
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- Web of Science research areas
- Psychology, Clinical
- Psychology, Developmental