Emotion Recognition in Children and Adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorders

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作者：
Sanna Kuusikko
Helena Haapsamo
Eira Jansson-Verkasalo
Tuula Hurtig
Marja-Leena Mattila
Hanna Ebeling
Katja Jussila
Sven Bölte
Irma Moilanen
机构：
[1] University and University Hospital of Oulu,Institute of Clinical Medicine, Department of Child Psychiatry
[2] University of Oulu,Faculty of Humanities, Logopedics
[3] University Hospital of Oulu,Department of Clinical Neurophysiology
[4] University of Oulu,Institute of Health Sciences
[5] J.W. Goethe University Frankfurt/M,Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
来源：
Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders | 2009年 / 39卷
关键词：
Asperger syndrome; Development; Eye region; High-functioning autism; Interpretation; Self-esteem;
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摘要：
We examined upper facial basic emotion recognition in 57 subjects with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) (M = 13.5 years) and 33 typically developing controls (M = 14.3 years) by using a standardized computer-aided measure (The Frankfurt Test and Training of Facial Affect Recognition, FEFA). The ASD group scored lower than controls on the total scores of FEFA and perceived ambiguous stimuli more often as a negative emotion. The older ASD group (≥12 years) performed better than the younger ASD group (<12 years) on the blended emotions of FEFA. The results support the findings that individuals with ASD have difficulties in emotion recognition. However, older subjects with ASD seem to have better skills than younger subjects with ASD.
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