双语预测了自闭症成年人的情感思维理论
Kaitlin K Cummings1, Rachel K Greene1, Paul Cernasov1
1Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
概括
双语可能会增强自闭症成年人的情感思维理论 (ToM). 双语的自闭症个体表现出与神经类型个体相比的情感ToM技能,这表明双语优势.
科学领域:
- 神经科学是一个神经科学.
- 心理学 心理学 心理学
- 语言学的语言学.
背景情况:
- 思想理论 (ToM) 对社会互动至关重要.
- 情感ToM,理解情绪的能力,对于自闭症患者来说通常是具有挑战性的.
- 双语对包括ToM在内的认知功能的影响是正在进行的研究领域.
研究的目的:
- 研究双语对自闭症成年人情感思维理论 (ToM) 的影响.
- 在具有不同语言经验的自闭症和神经类型成年人中比较情感ToM和社会优先级 (SP).
- 探索第二语言 (L2) 经验,自闭症特征和情感性ToM之间的关系.
主要方法:
- 52名21-35岁的成年人 (25名自闭症患者,27名神经类型患者),具有多样化的L2经验.
- 参与者完成了一项情感的ToM任务;一个子组也接受了社会优先级 (SP) 评估的眼睛跟踪.
- 分析对比了四个语言群体 (单语/双语自闭症/神经典型) 并检查了情感TOM的预测因素.
主要成果:
- 单语自闭症成年人在情感性ToM上表现明显差于所有其他组.
- 与神经类型组相比,双语自闭症成年人在情感性ToM中没有显著差异.
- 对于自闭症患者来说,情感性ToM与口头智商和L2经验有积极的相关性,但不是自闭症特征或SP.
结论:
- 研究结果支持自闭症个体在情感性ToM中具有双语优势.
- 双语可能会减轻自闭症成年人的情感性ToM的一些挑战.
- 社会优先级和L2体验相互作用,影响跨群体的情感ToM表现.
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