Psychology, Goldsmiths University of London, New Cross, London, SE14 6NW, United Kingdom.
Department of Psychology, Durham University, Upper Mountjoy, South Road, Durham, DH1 3LE, United Kingdom.
Res Dev Disabil. 2020 Aug;103:103660. doi: 10.1016/j.ridd.2020.103660. Epub 2020 May 21.
Studies investigating recognition of facial expressions of emotions in Williams syndrome (WS) have reported difficulties in recognising negative expressions of emotion and a reliance on atypically developing underlying processes during task performance.
The aim of the study was to extend these findings to the recognition of emotions in auditory domains.
Children and adolescents with WS, together with chronological (CA) and verbal mental age matched (VMA) typically developing (TD) comparison groups, were asked to judge expressions of happiness, sadness, anger, and fear in vocal and musical conditions.
Total emotion recognition scores did not differ between WS and VMA matched groups but profiles of discrimination across emotion categories were markedly different. For all groups, the accessibility of emotion category cues differed across music and speech domains. The results suggested that emotion discrimination is more strongly linked with cognitive ability in WS than in TD.
Although WS and TD groups showed a significantly different profile of discrimination across emotion categories, similarities in the pattern of discrimination across domains and in the correlates of auditory emotion processing were observed. The results are discussed in the context of typical and atypical developmental trajectories and compensatory mechanisms in WS.
研究表明，威廉姆斯综合征（WS）患者在识别面部表情时存在困难，尤其是在识别负性情绪表情方面，并且在任务执行过程中依赖于异常发展的潜在过程。
本研究旨在将这些发现扩展到听觉领域情绪的识别。
要求 WS 患儿和青少年以及年龄匹配的正常发育（TD）对照组（根据年龄和语言能力匹配）在声乐和音乐条件下判断快乐、悲伤、愤怒和恐惧的表情。
WS 与 VMA 匹配组之间的总情绪识别分数没有差异，但在情绪类别之间的辨别模式明显不同。对于所有组，情绪类别线索的可及性在音乐和语音领域都有所不同。结果表明，在 WS 中，情绪辨别与认知能力的关系比在 TD 中更为密切。
尽管 WS 和 TD 组在情绪类别之间的辨别模式上存在显著差异，但在跨领域的辨别模式和听觉情绪处理的相关性方面观察到了相似之处。结果在 WS 中典型和非典型发展轨迹和补偿机制的背景下进行了讨论。
