Hobson R P
J Child Psychol Psychiatry. 1986 Sep;27(5):671-80. doi: 10.1111/j.1469-7610.1986.tb00191.x.
Autistic and matched non-autistic retarded children were selected for their ability to recognize the correspondence between schematic drawings and videotaped scenes involving people. The subjects of both groups were able to choose schematic drawings of gestures for a person's gestures of emotion enacted on videotape. However, the autistic children were significantly impaired in choosing which of the drawings of gestures should 'go with' videotaped vocalizations and facial expressions characteristic of four emotional states. The results were found to be consistent with results from a previous, related study in which the same subjects had chosen drawn or photographed faces to indicate their judgements of the same videotapes of emotional expression. It is suggested that these findings reflect an important aspect of autistic children's social disability.
自闭症儿童和与之匹配的非自闭症智障儿童因其识别示意图与涉及人物的录像场景之间对应关系的能力而被挑选出来。两组受试者都能够为录像中人物表现出的情感手势选择示意性的手势图。然而，在选择哪些手势图应与四种情绪状态所特有的录像中的发声和面部表情“匹配”时，自闭症儿童明显受损。研究结果与之前一项相关研究的结果一致，在该研究中，相同的受试者选择画出的或拍摄的面孔来表明他们对相同情感表达录像的判断。有人认为，这些发现反映了自闭症儿童社交障碍的一个重要方面。
