Sheppard Elizabeth, Pillai Dhanya, Wong Genevieve Tze-Lynn, Ropar Danielle, Mitchell Peter
School of Psychology, University of Nottingham, University Park, Nottingham, NG7 2RD, UK.
University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus, Jalan Broga, 43500, Semenyih, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia.
J Autism Dev Disord. 2016 Apr;46(4):1247-54. doi: 10.1007/s10803-015-2662-8.
How well can neurotypical adults' interpret mental states in people with ASD? 'Targets' (ASD and neurotypical) reactions to four events were video-recorded then shown to neurotypical participants whose task was to identify which event the target had experienced. In study 1 participants were more successful for neurotypical than ASD targets. In study 2, participants rated ASD targets equally expressive as neurotypical targets for three of the events, while in study 3 participants gave different verbal descriptions of the reactions of ASD and neurotypical targets. It thus seems people with ASD react differently but not less expressively to events. Because neurotypicals are ineffective in interpreting the behaviour of those with ASD, this could contribute to the social difficulties in ASD.
神经典型的成年人对患有自闭症谱系障碍（ASD）的人的心理状态的解读能力如何？对“目标对象”（患有ASD的人和神经典型的人）对四个事件的反应进行了视频记录，然后展示给神经典型的参与者，他们的任务是识别目标对象经历了哪个事件。在研究1中，参与者对神经典型目标对象的识别比患有ASD的目标对象更成功。在研究2中，参与者对三个事件的评价是，患有ASD的目标对象与神经典型目标对象的表达程度相同，而在研究3中，参与者对患有ASD的目标对象和神经典型目标对象的反应给出了不同的语言描述。因此，患有ASD的人对事件的反应似乎不同，但表达程度并不低。由于神经典型的人在解读患有ASD的人的行为方面效率低下，这可能导致ASD患者出现社交困难。
