患有自闭症的人是否有前置诊断?
Todd Kamensek1,2, Tirta Susilo3, Grace Iarocci4
1Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
概括
患有自闭症谱系障碍 (ASD) 的人没有一个明显的prosopagnosia亚型. 在ASD中面部处理缺陷显示持续的变化,而不是分类的分裂,这表明与发育性prosopagnosia不同的原因.
科学领域:
- 神经发育障碍 神经发育障碍
- 认知神经科学 认知神经科学
- 社会认知是指社会认知.
背景情况:
- 自闭症谱系障碍 (ASD) 与面部处理方面的困难有关.
- 以前的研究表明,结果各不相同,一些研究报告了损伤,而另一些则没有.
- 一个假设表明,ASD中的一个prosopagnosic亚型是这种异质性的原因.
研究的目的:
- 为了调查自闭症谱系障碍 (ASD) 个体的子群是否表现出发育性前 (DP).
- 确定ASD中面部处理能力的异质性是否可以通过一个prosopagnosic亚型来解释.
- 为了比较ASD成年人的面部处理,PD成年人的面部处理和神经类型对照.
主要方法:
- 检查了三个组:患有自闭症的成年人,患有发育性前性 (DP) 的成年人,以及一个比较组.
- 在这些群体中评估了面部处理能力.
- 分析了ASD组中面部处理缺陷的异质性模式.
主要成果:
- 没有支持prosopagnosic亚种群假设.
- 自闭症谱系障碍 (ASD) 面部处理缺陷的特点是持续和分级的异质性,而不是分类的分裂.
- 患有自闭症的个体表现出广泛的面部处理技能,包括轻度至中度的缺陷.
结论:
- 这些发现并不支持在更广泛的自闭症谱中形成一个独特的前性认知亚型.
- 在ASD中面部处理的异质性是连续的,这表明它不是来自特定的prosopagnosic子组.
- 在一些患有自闭症的个体中,面部处理缺陷的病因起源可能不同于发育期前.
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