Enticott Peter G, Kennedy Hayley A, Johnston Patrick J, Rinehart Nicole J, Tonge Bruce J, Taffe John R, Fitzgerald Paul B
a Monash Alfred Psychiatry Research Centre, The Alfred and Central Clinical School , Monash University , Melbourne , VIC , Australia.
Cogn Emot. 2014;28(6):1110-8. doi: 10.1080/02699931.2013.867832. Epub 2013 Dec 16.
There is substantial evidence for facial emotion recognition (FER) deficits in autism spectrum disorder (ASD). The extent of this impairment, however, remains unclear, and there is some suggestion that clinical groups might benefit from the use of dynamic rather than static images. High-functioning individuals with ASD (n = 36) and typically developing controls (n = 36) completed a computerised FER task involving static and dynamic expressions of the six basic emotions. The ASD group showed poorer overall performance in identifying anger and disgust and were disadvantaged by dynamic (relative to static) stimuli when presented with sad expressions. Among both groups, however, dynamic stimuli appeared to improve recognition of anger. This research provides further evidence of specific impairment in the recognition of negative emotions in ASD, but argues against any broad advantages associated with the use of dynamic displays.
有大量证据表明自闭症谱系障碍（ASD）患者存在面部情绪识别（FER）缺陷。然而，这种损伤的程度仍不明确，并且有迹象表明临床群体可能从使用动态图像而非静态图像中获益。高功能自闭症患者（n = 36）和发育正常的对照组（n = 36）完成了一项计算机化的FER任务，该任务涉及六种基本情绪的静态和动态表达。自闭症组在识别愤怒和厌恶情绪方面总体表现较差，并且在呈现悲伤表情时，动态（相对于静态）刺激对他们不利。然而，在两组中，动态刺激似乎都能提高对愤怒情绪的识别。这项研究进一步证明了自闭症患者在识别负面情绪方面存在特定损伤，但反对使用动态显示有任何广泛优势的观点。
