UCL Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience, University College of London, Alexandra House, 17 Queen Square, London, WC1N 3AZ, UK.
J Autism Dev Disord. 2019 Jan;49(1):335-348. doi: 10.1007/s10803-018-3760-1.
Autistic people process gaze differently than typical people, but it is not yet clear if these differences lie in the processing of eye-shapes or the belief in whether others can see (perceptual mentalizing). We aimed to investigate whether these two models of gaze processing modulate social seeking in typical and autistic adults. We measured preferences of participants to view videos of an actress with visible or hidden eyes, who can or cannot see out. While typical participants preferred videos where the actress can see through and has visible eyes, autistic people showed no preference for these videos. These findings are discussed in the context of perceptual mentalizing and the social motivation theory of autism.
自闭症患者对注视的处理方式与典型人群不同，但目前尚不清楚这些差异是存在于对眼形的处理上，还是存在于对他人是否能看到的信念（感知心理化）上。我们旨在研究这两种注视处理模型是否会调节典型和自闭症成人的社交寻求行为。我们测量了参与者对女演员可见或隐藏眼睛的视频的偏好，这些视频中的女演员可以看到或看不到外面。虽然典型参与者更喜欢女演员能看穿并能看到眼睛的视频，但自闭症患者对这些视频没有偏好。这些发现是在感知心理化和自闭症的社会动机理论背景下讨论的。
