Abstract:
Individuals high in autistic traits can have difficulties with social interactions which may stem from difficulties with mentalizing abilities, yet findings from research investigating anthropomorphism of non-human objects in high trait individuals are inconsistent. Measuring emotions and attributes of front-facing vehicles, individuals scoring high versus low on the AQ-10 were compared for ratings of angry-happy, hostile-friendly, masculine-feminine, and submissive-dominant, as a function of vehicle size (large versus small). Our results showed that participants perceived large vehicles as more angry, hostile, masculine, and dominant than small vehicles, with no significant difference in ratings between high and low AQ-10 scorers. The current findings support previous research reporting high autistic trait individuals\' intact object processing. Our novel findings also suggest high autistic trait individuals\' anthropomorphizing abilities are comparable to those found in low autistic trait individuals.
摘要:
自闭症特征高的人可能会在社交互动方面遇到困难,这可能源于思维能力方面的困难,然而,调查高特质个体中非人类对象拟人化的研究结果并不一致。测量前置车辆的情绪和属性,在AQ-10上得分高和低的个体被比较了愤怒-快乐的评级,敌对友好,男性-女性,顺从支配,作为车辆尺寸的函数(大与小)。我们的结果表明,参与者认为大型车辆更生气,敌意,男性,比小型车辆占主导地位,高和低AQ-10得分手之间的评分没有显着差异。目前的发现支持以前的研究报告高自闭症特征的个人\'完整的对象处理。我们的新发现还表明,高自闭症特征个体的拟人化能力与低自闭症特征个体相当。