Skin conductance responses to another person's gaze in children with autism

被引：178
作者：
Kylliäinen, Anneli [1 ]
Hietanen, Jari K. [1 ]
机构：
[1] Univ Tampere, Dept Psychol, FIN-33101 Tampere, Finland
来源：
JOURNAL OF AUTISM AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDERS | 2006年 / 36卷 / 04期
关键词：
high functioning autism; skin conductance responses; electrodermal activity; eye contact; gaze direction;
D O I：
10.1007/s10803-006-0091-4
中图分类号：
B844 [发展心理学（人类心理学）];
学科分类号：
040202 ;
摘要：
The effects of another person's gaze on physiological arousal were investigated by measuring skin conductance responses (SCR). Twelve able children with autism and 12 control children were shown face stimuli with straight gaze (eye contact) or averted gaze on a computer monitor. In children with autism, the responses to straight gaze were stronger than responses to averted gaze, whereas there was no difference in the responses to these gaze conditions in normally developing children. Thus, these results showed that eye gaze elicited differential pattern of SCR in normally developing children and in children with autism. It is possible that the enhanced arousal to eye contact may contribute to the abnormal gaze behaviour frequently reported in the context of autism.
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