Emerich David M, Creaghead Nancy A, Grether Sandra M, Murray Donna, Grasha Carol
Kenton County Public Schools, Erlanger Kentucky, USA.
J Autism Dev Disord. 2003 Jun;33(3):253-7. doi: 10.1023/a:1024498232284.
This study investigated the ability of adolescents with Asperger's syndrome or high-functioning autism and an age-matched group of typical adolescents to comprehend humorous materials. The analysis of humor focused on picking funny endings for cartoons and jokes. As expected, the adolescents with autism had significantly poorer comprehension of cartoons and jokes. Both groups had more difficulty with the joke than the cartoon task, but when compared with the typical group, the adolescents with autism performed significantly poorer. Examination of the error patterns revealed that subjects with autism had difficulty handling surprise and coherence within humorous narratives.
本研究调查了患有阿斯伯格综合征或高功能自闭症的青少年以及年龄匹配的典型青少年理解幽默材料的能力。对幽默的分析集中在为卡通和笑话挑选有趣的结尾。正如预期的那样，患有自闭症的青少年对卡通和笑话的理解明显较差。两组在笑话任务上比卡通任务更困难，但与典型组相比，患有自闭症的青少年表现明显更差。对错误模式的检查表明，患有自闭症的受试者在处理幽默叙事中的惊喜和连贯性方面存在困难。
