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.
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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.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Visual search for basic emotional expressions in autism; Impaired processing of anger, fear and sadness, but a typical happy face advantage |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.rasd.2010.06.009 |
| Publisher version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rasd.2010.06.009 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. |
| Keywords: | Autism; Emotion; Visual search; Face processing |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1477847 |
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