Zadok Ester, Ben-Moshe Zohar, Gordon Ilanit, Golan Ofer
Department of Psychology, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat-Gan, Israel.
Gonda Multidisciplinary Brain Research Center, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat-Gan, Israel.
J Autism Dev Disord. 2025 Jun 14. doi: 10.1007/s10803-025-06903-y.
Behavioral synchrony is an important component of successful social interaction. Synchronization of facial expressions during interaction is considered a facilitator of empathic behavior. Autistic individuals show alterations in synchronous and empathic behaviors. Yet, an ecological examination of these among adolescents is needed. Through a video-based platform, we employed a social interaction sequence with a nonautistic confederate that included a friendly conversation and an expression of discouragement. 50 male adolescents (23 autistic) participated. Socio-emotional behaviors, assessed by naïve trained raters and by automated measure of facial expressions, were analyzed. Results indicated reduced synchrony in interactions with autistic adolescents, compared to non-autistic adolescents, as well as fewer empathic behaviors. Participants' emotion recognition abilities did not account for these differences. Our findings point to the central role of behavioral synchrony in the social disparities autistic adolescents often experience.
行为同步是成功社交互动的重要组成部分。互动过程中面部表情的同步被认为是共情行为的促进因素。自闭症个体在同步行为和共情行为方面存在改变。然而，需要对青少年中的这些情况进行生态学考察。通过一个基于视频的平台，我们与一名非自闭症同伴进行了一个社交互动序列，其中包括友好对话和沮丧表达。50名男性青少年（23名自闭症患者）参与了研究。分析了由未经训练的普通评分者评估以及通过面部表情自动测量得出的社会情感行为。结果表明，与非自闭症青少年相比，自闭症青少年在互动中的同步性降低，共情行为也更少。参与者的情绪识别能力并不能解释这些差异。我们的研究结果指出了行为同步在自闭症青少年经常经历的社会差异中的核心作用。
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