eprintid: 1477847 rev_number: 27 eprint_status: archive userid: 608 dir: disk0/01/47/78/47 datestamp: 2016-04-07 16:15:08 lastmod: 2021-09-22 22:28:55 status_changed: 2017-10-02 11:48:59 type: article metadata_visibility: show creators_name: Farran, EK creators_name: Branson, A creators_name: King, BJ title: Visual search for basic emotional expressions in autism; Impaired processing of anger, fear and sadness, but a typical happy face advantage ispublished: pub divisions: UCL divisions: B16 divisions: B14 keywords: Autism; Emotion; Visual search; Face processing note: This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. abstract: Facial expression recognition was investigated in 20 males with high functioning autism (HFA) or Asperger syndrome (AS), compared to typically developing individuals matched for chronological age (TD CA group) and verbal and non-verbal ability (TD V/NV group). This was the first study to employ a visual search, "face in the crowd" paradigm with a HFA/AS group, which explored responses to numerous facial expressions using real-face stimuli. Results showed slower response times for processing fear, anger and sad expressions in the HFA/AS group, relative to the TD CA group, but not the TD V/NV group. Reponses to happy, disgust and surprise expressions showed no group differences. Results are discussed with reference to the amygdala theory of autism. © 2011 Elsevier Ltd. date: 2011 date_type: published official_url: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rasd.2010.06.009 oa_status: green full_text_type: other language: eng primo: open primo_central: open_green article_type_text: Journal Article verified: verified_manual elements_id: 1054782 doi: 10.1016/j.rasd.2010.06.009 lyricists_name: Farran, Emily Kate lyricists_id: EKFAR44 full_text_status: public publication: Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders volume: 5 number: 1 pagerange: 455-462 issn: 1750-9467 citation: Farran, EK; Branson, A; King, BJ; (2011) Visual search for basic emotional expressions in autism; Impaired processing of anger, fear and sadness, but a typical happy face advantage. Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders , 5 (1) pp. 455-462. 10.1016/j.rasd.2010.06.009 <https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rasd.2010.06.009>. Green open access document_url: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1477847/1/Farran_visual_search_for_basic_emotional.pdf