Department of Experimental Psychology and Mind, Brain and Behavior Research Center (CIMCYC), University of Granada, 18071 Granada, Spain.
Department of Psychobiology and Mind, Brain and Behavior Research Center (CIMCYC), University of Granada, 18071 Granada, Spain.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2022 Feb 27;19(5):2798. doi: 10.3390/ijerph19052798.
We investigated whether individuals with high levels of autistic traits integrate relevant communicative signals, such as facial expression, when decoding eye-gaze direction.
Students with high vs. low scores on the Autism Spectrum Quotient (AQ) performed a task in which they responded to the eye directions of faces, presented on the left or the right side of a screen, portraying different emotional expressions.
In both groups, the identification of gaze direction was faster when the eyes were directed towards the center of the scene. However, in the low AQ group, this effect was larger for happy faces than for neutral faces or faces showing other emotional expressions, whereas participants from high AQ group were not affected by emotional expressions.
These results suggest that individuals with more autistic traits may not integrate multiple communicative signals based on their emotional value.
我们研究了具有高水平自闭症特征的个体在解码眼睛注视方向时是否整合相关的交际信号，如面部表情。
自闭症特质问卷（AQ）得分高与得分低的学生在一项任务中做出反应，他们的任务是对屏幕左右两侧呈现的表现出不同情绪表情的面孔的眼睛方向做出反应。
在两组中，当眼睛指向场景中心时，识别注视方向的速度更快。然而，在低 AQ 组中，这种效应在快乐面孔上比在中性面孔或表现出其他情绪表情的面孔上更大，而高 AQ 组的参与者不受情绪表达的影响。
这些结果表明，具有更多自闭症特征的个体可能不会根据情绪价值整合多个交际信号。
