University of Oxford, UK.
King's College London, UK.
Autism. 2022 Jan;26(1):276-280. doi: 10.1177/13623613211027685. Epub 2021 Jun 23.
It is well known that some people with autism have difficulties recognizing faces. It is generally thought that this is not because autistic individuals cannot perceive faces, but because autistic individuals have greater problems than people without autism in remembering faces. Here, we worked with a group of autistic adults and a group of non-autistic adults to test their ability to perceive and remember faces. We also asked each person to report any difficulties that they have with recognizing faces in everyday life. We find that, as a group, people with autism have difficulties with both remembering and perceiving faces, and report more problems recognizing faces in everyday life. However, it is worth noting that we observed a wide range of scores in the group of people with autism, with some autistic participants scoring as well as the group of people without autism.
众所周知，一些自闭症患者在识别面孔方面存在困难。一般认为，这并不是因为自闭症个体无法感知面孔，而是因为自闭症个体在记忆面孔方面比非自闭症个体存在更大的问题。在这里，我们与一组自闭症成年人和一组非自闭症成年人合作，测试他们识别和记忆面孔的能力。我们还要求每个人报告他们在日常生活中识别面孔时遇到的任何困难。我们发现，作为一个整体，自闭症患者在记忆和识别面孔方面都存在困难，并且报告在日常生活中识别面孔的问题更多。然而，值得注意的是，我们在自闭症患者群体中观察到了广泛的分数范围，一些自闭症参与者的得分与非自闭症群体一样好。
