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Eye Tracking Young Children with Autism

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Published on: March 27, 2012

Labelling faces as 'Autistic' reduces the inversion effect.

Ciro Civile¹, Eamon Colvin², Hasan Siddiqui³

¹1 University of Exeter, UK.

Autism : the International Journal of Research and Practice

|November 2, 2018

Summary

Believing a face belongs to an individual with autism impairs face recognition. This study used the face inversion effect to show that labeling faces as autistic, even with identical images, reduced recognition accuracy.

Keywords:

autism face inversion effect face recognition objectification stigma

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Area of Science:

Cognitive Psychology
Social Psychology
Neurodevelopmental Disorders

Background:

Face recognition is a complex cognitive process.
The autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a neurodevelopmental condition characterized by differences in social interaction and communication.
Stereotypes and beliefs about individuals with ASD can influence social perception.

Purpose of the Study:

To investigate whether the belief that a face belongs to an individual with autism affects face recognition.
To examine the impact of labeling and dehumanizing information on face recognition within the context of autism.

Main Methods:

Utilized the face inversion effect as a measure of face recognition accuracy.
Conducted recognition tasks with upright and inverted faces, varying labels ('regular' vs. 'autistic').
Manipulated the provision of humanizing versus dehumanizing information in a second experiment.

Main Results:

A smaller face inversion effect was observed for faces labeled as 'autistic' compared to 'regular' faces.
This indicates that the label 'autistic' alone disrupts face recognition.
Humanizing information increased the inversion effect, while dehumanizing information decreased it.

Conclusions:

The belief that a face belongs to an individual with autism negatively impacts face recognition.
The face inversion effect can serve as a quantifiable measure to study stigma, objectification, and dehumanization.
Labeling and associated information significantly influence social perception and cognitive processing of faces.