Pileggi Lea-Ann, Malcolm-Smith Susan, Hoogenhout Michelle, Thomas Kevin Gf, Solms Mark
a Applied Cognitive Science and Experimental Neuropsychology Team Laboratory (ACSENT Laboratory), Department of Psychology , University of Cape Town , Cape Town , South Africa.
J Child Adolesc Ment Health. 2013;25(1):55-60. doi: 10.2989/17280583.2013.767262.
This study investigated relations among empathy and cradling bias in children diagnosed with autism spectrum disorders (ASDs).
Twenty children with ASDs and 20 typically developing (TD) children, aged 5-15 years old, cradled a doll as if it were an infant s/he was putting to sleep on three separate occasions. We recorded side preference on each occasion.
Children with ASDs showed no preference for cradling side whereas TD children showed a strong left-sided preference. To the best of our knowledge, children with ASDs are the only population that does not exhibit cradling bias.
An absence of cradling bias and empathy deficits in ASD may be related. If so, these data support the hypothesis that leftward cradling is a characteristic of enhanced quality of caregiver-infant interaction and bonding.
本研究调查了被诊断为自闭症谱系障碍（ASD）的儿童的同理心与抱持偏好之间的关系。
20名患有ASD的儿童和20名发育正常（TD）的儿童，年龄在5至15岁之间，在三个不同场合像哄婴儿入睡一样摇晃一个玩偶。我们记录了每次的偏好方向。
患有ASD的儿童在抱持方向上没有偏好，而发育正常的儿童则表现出强烈的左侧偏好。据我们所知，患有ASD的儿童是唯一不表现出抱持偏好的人群。
ASD中缺乏抱持偏好和同理心缺陷可能有关。如果是这样，这些数据支持了向左抱持是照顾者与婴儿互动及情感联结质量提高的一个特征这一假设。
