Brief Report: Reduced Prioritization of Facial Threat in Adults with Autism / Noah J. SASSON in Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 46-4 (April 2016)  

Public ISBD [article]  inJournal of Autism and Developmental Disorders > 46-4 (April 2016) . - p.1471-1476 Titre : Brief Report: Reduced Prioritization of Facial Threat in Adults with Autism Type de document : Texte imprimé et/ou numérique Auteurs : Noah J. SASSON, Auteur ; Jonathon R. SHASTEEN, Auteur ; Amy E. PINKHAM, Auteur Article en page(s) : p.1471-1476 Langues : Anglais (eng) Mots-clés : Threat detection  Face in the crowd  Threat superiority  Anger superiority  Emotion Index. décimale : PER Périodiques Résumé : Typically-developing (TD) adults detect angry faces more efficiently within a crowd than non-threatening faces. Prior studies of this social threat superiority effect (TSE) in ASD using tasks consisting of schematic faces and homogeneous crowds have produced mixed results. Here, we employ a more ecologically-valid test of the social TSE and find evidence of a reduced social TSE in adults with ASD (n = 21) relative to TD controls (n = 28). Unlike TD participants, the ASD group failed to show the normative advantage for detecting angry faces faster than happy faces, either within crowds of neutral or emotional faces. These findings parallel prior work indicating a reduced sensitivity in ASD to facial cues of untrustworthiness, and may reflect a vulnerability for evaluating social harm. En ligne : http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10803-015-2664-6 Permalink : https://www.cra-rhone-alpes.org/cid/opac_css/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=284 [article] Brief Report: Reduced Prioritization of Facial Threat in Adults with Autism [Texte imprimé et/ou numérique] / Noah J. SASSON, Auteur ; Jonathon R. SHASTEEN, Auteur ; Amy E. PINKHAM, Auteur . - p.1471-1476. Langues : Anglais (eng) in Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders > 46-4 (April 2016) . - p.1471-1476 Mots-clés : Threat detection  Face in the crowd  Threat superiority  Anger superiority  Emotion Index. décimale : PER Périodiques Résumé : Typically-developing (TD) adults detect angry faces more efficiently within a crowd than non-threatening faces. Prior studies of this social threat superiority effect (TSE) in ASD using tasks consisting of schematic faces and homogeneous crowds have produced mixed results. Here, we employ a more ecologically-valid test of the social TSE and find evidence of a reduced social TSE in adults with ASD (n = 21) relative to TD controls (n = 28). Unlike TD participants, the ASD group failed to show the normative advantage for detecting angry faces faster than happy faces, either within crowds of neutral or emotional faces. These findings parallel prior work indicating a reduced sensitivity in ASD to facial cues of untrustworthiness, and may reflect a vulnerability for evaluating social harm. En ligne : http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10803-015-2664-6 Permalink : https://www.cra-rhone-alpes.org/cid/opac_css/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=284

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