School of Behavioral and Brain Sciences, The University of Texas at Dallas, 800 W. Campbell Rd., GR41, Richardson, TX, 75080, USA.
Department of Psychology, Southern Methodist University, 6425 Boaz Lane, Dallas, TX, 75205, USA.
J Autism Dev Disord. 2018 Jun;48(6):2243-2248. doi: 10.1007/s10803-018-3487-z.
Social cognitive impairments in autism spectrum disorder (ASD) are well-documented, yet little research has examined whether ASD is also characterized by difficulties in meta-perception, or the ability to gauge how one is perceived. In this study, ASD and TD adults (N = 22) largely did not differ on the self-perception of their personality traits or on how they expected to be perceived by unfamiliar observers. However adults with ASD were rated less favorably by TD observers (N = 412) on 19 out of 20 personality items, and adults with ASD were less accurate at predicting how they would be perceived. These findings suggest impaired meta-perception in ASD that may serve as a potential mechanism through which reduced social cognitive ability contributes to social impairment.
自闭症谱系障碍（ASD）患者的社会认知障碍是有据可查的，但很少有研究探讨 ASD 是否也存在元认知困难，即评估自己被他人感知的能力。在这项研究中，ASD 和 TD 成人（N=22）在自我感知个性特征或对不熟悉观察者的预期感知方面没有太大差异。然而，ASD 成人在 20 个个性项目中的 19 个项目上得到了 TD 观察者（N=412）的较低评价，并且 ASD 成人在预测自己如何被感知方面的准确性较低。这些发现表明 ASD 存在元认知障碍，这可能是社交认知能力下降导致社交障碍的潜在机制之一。
