Autistic traits modulate individuals’ attention in face pareidolia / Xinchao YANG in Research in Autism, 130 (February 2026)  

Public ISBD [article]  inResearch in Autism > 130 (February 2026) . - p.202772 Titre : Autistic traits modulate individuals’ attention in face pareidolia Type de document : texte imprimé Auteurs : Xinchao YANG, Auteur ; Mingkui YANG, Auteur ; Weihan WANG, Auteur ; Chunying QIU, Auteur ; Meng WANG, Auteur ; Jingwen ZHAO, Auteur ; Yaping YANG, Auteur ; Qiang XU, Auteur Article en page(s) : p.202772 Langues : Anglais (eng) Mots-clés : Autistic traits  Face pareidolia  Face recognition  Attentional bias  Social information Index. décimale : PER Périodiques Résumé : The ability to rapidly and precisely recognize faces is crucial for successful social interactions. Due to facial sensitivity, humans can perceive “faces” in nonexistent or non-facial stimuli, known as face pareidolia. Individual factors or personality traits can modulate this phenomenon. Autistic traits refer to a collection of cognitive characteristics, behaviors, and personality features associated with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). They are widely present in the general population and are characterized by a reduced interest in social stimuli. It remains unclear how autistic traits modulate attentional bias in face pareidolia and whether task relevance influences this effect. Therefore, the present study employs two experiments (task-relevant / task-irrelevant) to examine this underlying mechanism. Experiment 1 (task-relevant) shows that the high autistic traits group exhibits lower accuracy in recognizing FITs (face-in-things) but higher accuracy for objects, with slower responses to actual faces. Experiment 2 (task-irrelevant) shows that the high autistic traits group responds more slowly to FITs and faces, paying more attention to objects. These findings indicate that individuals with high autistic traits exhibit a different attentional bias, characterized by avoidance of social information. Moreover, individuals with high autistic traits may have a weaker spontaneous motivation to detect faces when the task is irrelevant. Overall, these results extend the understanding of perceptual processing and attentional patterns in face pareidolia among individuals with high autistic traits. En ligne : https://doi.org/10.1016/j.reia.2025.202772 Permalink : https://www.cra-rhone-alpes.org/cid/opac_css/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=579 [article] Autistic traits modulate individuals’ attention in face pareidolia [texte imprimé] / Xinchao YANG, Auteur ; Mingkui YANG, Auteur ; Weihan WANG, Auteur ; Chunying QIU, Auteur ; Meng WANG, Auteur ; Jingwen ZHAO, Auteur ; Yaping YANG, Auteur ; Qiang XU, Auteur . - p.202772. Langues : Anglais (eng) in Research in Autism > 130 (February 2026) . - p.202772 Mots-clés : Autistic traits  Face pareidolia  Face recognition  Attentional bias  Social information Index. décimale : PER Périodiques Résumé : The ability to rapidly and precisely recognize faces is crucial for successful social interactions. Due to facial sensitivity, humans can perceive “faces” in nonexistent or non-facial stimuli, known as face pareidolia. Individual factors or personality traits can modulate this phenomenon. Autistic traits refer to a collection of cognitive characteristics, behaviors, and personality features associated with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). They are widely present in the general population and are characterized by a reduced interest in social stimuli. It remains unclear how autistic traits modulate attentional bias in face pareidolia and whether task relevance influences this effect. Therefore, the present study employs two experiments (task-relevant / task-irrelevant) to examine this underlying mechanism. Experiment 1 (task-relevant) shows that the high autistic traits group exhibits lower accuracy in recognizing FITs (face-in-things) but higher accuracy for objects, with slower responses to actual faces. Experiment 2 (task-irrelevant) shows that the high autistic traits group responds more slowly to FITs and faces, paying more attention to objects. These findings indicate that individuals with high autistic traits exhibit a different attentional bias, characterized by avoidance of social information. Moreover, individuals with high autistic traits may have a weaker spontaneous motivation to detect faces when the task is irrelevant. Overall, these results extend the understanding of perceptual processing and attentional patterns in face pareidolia among individuals with high autistic traits. En ligne : https://doi.org/10.1016/j.reia.2025.202772 Permalink : https://www.cra-rhone-alpes.org/cid/opac_css/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=579

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