Face perception and facial emotional expression recognition ability: Both unique predictors of the broader autism phenotype.

IF 1.5 3区心理学 Q4 PHYSIOLOGY

Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology Pub Date : 2024-06-01 Epub Date: 2023-10-30 DOI:10.1177/17470218231203679

Gilles E Gignac, Romina Palermo, Ellen Bothe, Dana L Walker, Jeremy B Wilmer

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Abstract

Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and the broader autistic phenotype (BAP) have been suggested to be associated with perceptual-cognitive difficulties processing human faces. However, the empirical results are mixed, arguably, in part due to inadequate samples and analyses. Consequently, we administered the Cambridge Face Perception Test (CFPT), the Reading the Mind in the Eyes Test (RMET), a vocabulary test, and the Autism Quotient (AQ) to a sample of 318 adults in the general community. Based on a disattenuated path analytic modelling strategy, we found that both face perception ability (β = -.21) and facial emotional expression recognition ability (β = -.27) predicted uniquely and significantly the Communication dimension of AQ. Vocabulary failed to yield a significant, direct effect onto the Communication dimension of the AQ. We conclude that difficulties perceiving information from the faces of others may contribute to difficulties in nonverbal communication, as conceptualised and measured within the context of BAP.

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面部感知和面部情绪表达识别能力：两者都是更广泛自闭症表型的独特预测因素。

自闭症谱系障碍（ASD）和更广泛的自闭症表型（BAP）已被认为与处理人脸的感知认知困难有关。然而，可以说，实证结果喜忧参半，部分原因是样本和分析不足。因此，我们对318名普通社区成年人进行了剑桥人脸感知测试（CFPT）、阅读眼睛中的想法测试（RMET）、词汇测试和自闭症商（AQ）。基于离散路径分析建模策略，我们发现两种人脸感知能力（β = -.21）和面部情绪表情识别能力（β = -.27）唯一且显著地预测了AQ的通信维度。词汇未能对AQ的沟通维度产生显著、直接的影响。我们得出的结论是，从他人脸上感知信息的困难可能会导致非言语交际的困难，这是在BAP的背景下概念化和衡量的。

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Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology 医学-生理学

CiteScore

3.50

自引率

5.90%

发文量

178

审稿时长

3-8 weeks

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