The Role of Alexithymia in Reduced Eye-Fixation in Autism Spectrum Conditions

被引：140

作者：

Bird, Geoffrey ^{[1
,2
]}

Press, Clare ^{[3
]}

Richardson, Daniel C. ^{[4
]}

机构：

[1] Univ London, Birkbeck Coll, Div Psychol Sci, London WC1E 7HX, England

[2] UCL, Inst Cognit Neurosci, London WC1N 3AR, England

[3] UCL, Inst Neurol, Wellcome Trust Ctr Neuroimaging, London WC1N 3BG, England

[4] UCL, Div Psychol & Language Sci, London WC1H 0AP, England

来源：

JOURNAL OF AUTISM AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDERS | 2011年 / 41卷 / 11期

关键词：

Autism; Alexithymia; Eye-tracking; Eye; Mouth; Face; FACIAL EXPRESSIONS; GAZE-FIXATION; EMOTION RECOGNITION; WILLIAMS-SYNDROME; INFANTILE-AUTISM; FACE RECOGNITION; FEAR RECOGNITION; VISUAL SCANPATH; PERCEPTION; DISORDER;

D O I：

10.1007/s10803-011-1183-3

中图分类号：

B844 [发展心理学（人类心理学）];

学科分类号：

040202 ;

摘要：

Eye-tracking studies have demonstrated mixed support for reduced eye fixation when looking at social scenes in individuals with Autism Spectrum Conditions (ASC). We present evidence that these mixed findings are due to a separate condition-alexithymia-that is frequently comorbid with ASC. We find that in adults with ASC, autism symptom severity correlated negatively with attention to faces when watching video clips. However, only the degree of alexithymia, and not autism symptom severity, predicted eye fixation. As well as potentially resolving the contradictory evidence in this area, these findings suggest that individuals with ASC and alexithymia may form a sub-group of individuals with ASC, with emotional impairments in addition to the social impairments characteristic of ASC.

引用

页码：1556 / 1564

页数：9

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