自闭症成年人表现出整体面部处理:反转和复合面部效应的证据.
En-Yun Hsiung1, Sarina Hui-Lin Chien1,2
1Graduate Institute of Biomedical Sciences, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan.
Frontiers in neuroscience
|November 27, 2024
概括
患有自闭症谱系障碍 (ASD) 的人表现出整体面部处理,类似于神经类型的成年人,由面部反转效应和复合面部效应证明. 这些效应相互积极相关.
科学领域:
- 认知神经科学 认知神经科学
- 发展心理学 发展心理学
- 自闭症谱系障碍研究研究
背景情况:
- 整体面部处理对社会认知至关重要,通常通过面部反转效应 (FIE) 和复合面部效应 (CFE) 进行评估.
- 以前使用FIE和CFE对自闭症谱系障碍 (ASD) 的整体处理的研究已经产生了不一致的结果.
- 了解ASD的面部处理对于开发有针对性的干预措施和改善社交互动至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 在ASD和神经类型 (NT) 成人中同时评估反转和复合面部效应.
- 调查整体处理措施 (FIE,CFE) 和自闭症特征 (AQ分数) 之间的关系.
- 澄清ASD患者整体面部处理的性质.
主要方法:
- 在24名自闭症成年人和24名匹配的NT成年人身上,采用了定制的复合面部范式.
- 参与者在对齐,反向和不对齐的呈现模式下执行了面部感知任务.
- 面部反转效应 (FIE) 和复合面部效应 (CFE) 被计算为性能指数.
主要成果:
- 无论是ASD和NT组,都显示出显著的FIE和CFE,这表明这两个组的整体处理.
- 在ASD和NT组之间,FIE的大小是可比的.
- 在所有参与者中,CFE与FIE正相关,与自闭症系数 (AQ) 分数负相关.
结论:
- 患有自闭症的个体表现出整体面部处理能力,与神经典型个体相美.
- 这些发现支持FIE和CFE在ASD中的存在,挑战了以前的不确定的结果.
- FIE和CFE之间的正相关性表明,在两个组的面部知觉中,整合的整体处理机制是整合的.
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