University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15260, USA.
Child Dev. 2009 Sep-Oct;80(5):1434-47. doi: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.2009.01343.x.
Emotion recognition was investigated in typically developing individuals and individuals with autism. Experiment 1 tested children (5-7 years, n = 37) with brief video displays of facial expressions that varied in subtlety. Children with autism performed worse than the control children. In Experiment 2, 3 age groups (8-12 years, n = 49; 13-17 years, n = 49; and adults n = 45) were tested on the same stimuli. Whereas the performance of control individuals was best in the adult group, the performance of individuals with autism was similar in all age groups. Results are discussed with respect to underlying cognitive processes that may be affecting the development of emotion recognition in individuals with autism.
情绪识别在典型发展个体和自闭症个体中进行了研究。实验 1 测试了儿童（5-7 岁，n = 37）对不同微妙程度的面部表情的简短视频展示。自闭症儿童的表现不如对照组儿童好。在实验 2 中，3 个年龄组（8-12 岁，n = 49；13-17 岁，n = 49；和成人 n = 45）接受了相同的刺激测试。虽然对照组个体的表现以成年组最佳，但自闭症个体的表现在所有年龄组中相似。结果根据可能影响自闭症个体情绪识别发展的潜在认知过程进行了讨论。
