Karen J. Goldman, School of Education, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and David Yellin Academic College of Education, Jerusalem.
Cory Shulman, The School of Social Work, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem; and.
Am J Intellect Dev Disabil. 2018 Jul;123(4):344-358. doi: 10.1352/1944-7558-123.4.344.
The focus of this study was the ability of adolescents and young adults with Down syndrome to infer meaning from facial expressions in the absence of emotion labels and use this inference in order to adjust their behavior. Participants with Down syndrome ( N = 19, mean nonverbal mental age of 5.8 years) and 4- to 7-year-old typically developing children performed a novel task in which happy and angry faces were provided as feedback for a choice made by the participants. In making a subsequent choice, the participants with Down syndrome performed similarly to the 4 year olds, indicating a difficulty using angry faces as feedback. Individual differences within the group were also apparent. Implications for the development of social competence are discussed.
本研究的重点是唐氏综合征青少年和年轻人在没有情绪标签的情况下从面部表情中推断含义的能力，并利用这种推断来调整他们的行为。唐氏综合征患者（N=19，平均非言语智力年龄为 5.8 岁）和 4 至 7 岁的典型发育儿童参与了一项新颖的任务，参与者的选择会得到快乐和愤怒的面孔作为反馈。在做出后续选择时，唐氏综合征患者的表现与 4 岁儿童相似，表明他们难以将愤怒的面孔作为反馈。该群体内的个体差异也很明显。讨论了对社会能力发展的影响。
