Mash Lisa E, Schauder Kimberly B, Cochran Channing, Park Sohee, Cascio Carissa J
San Diego State University/University of California, San Diego Joint Doctoral Program in Clinical Psychology.
University of Rochester, Department of Clinical and Social Sciences in Psychology.
J Cogn Educ Psychol. 2017;16(1):23-37. doi: 10.1891/1945-8959.16.1.23. Epub 2017 Feb 1.
Interoceptive awareness is linked to emotional and social cognition, which are impaired in individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). It is unknown how this ability is associated with age in either typical or atypical development. We used a standard test of interoceptive accuracy (IA) to investigate these questions in children and adults with and without ASD. Perceived number of heartbeats over 4 time intervals was compared with actual heart rate to determine IA. Effects of group, age, IQ, heart rate, and mental counting ability on accuracy were assessed using multiple regression. Post hoc correlations were performed to clarify significant interactions. Age was unrelated to IA in both groups when IQ ≥115. When IQ <115, this relationship was positive in typical development and negative in ASD. These results suggest that cognitive ability moderates the effect of age on IA differently in autism and typical development.
内感受性觉知与情绪和社会认知相关,而患有自闭症谱系障碍(ASD)的个体的情绪和社会认知会受损。目前尚不清楚这种能力在典型或非典型发育中如何与年龄相关。我们使用内感受准确性(IA)的标准测试来研究这些问题,测试对象包括患有和未患有ASD的儿童及成人。将4个时间间隔内感知到的心跳次数与实际心率进行比较,以确定IA。使用多元回归评估组、年龄、智商、心率和心理计数能力对准确性的影响。进行事后相关性分析以阐明显著的相互作用。当智商≥115时,两组的年龄与IA均无关联。当智商<115时,在典型发育中这种关系呈正相关,而在ASD中呈负相关。这些结果表明,在自闭症和典型发育中,认知能力对年龄对IA的影响具有不同的调节作用。