未经评估:当收到不匹配的非语言和语言信号时,大多数人倾向于将他们对他人当前情绪状态的判断主要基于非语言信息。然而,高功能自闭症(HFA)患者被描述为难以解释非语言信号.正确识别情绪状态对于成功的社交互动非常重要。对非语言情感线索的感知改变可能会导致社交互动中的误解和损害。
未经评估:为了评估自闭症在非语言和语言线索的相对影响方面的特定差异,18名患有HFA的成年人(14名男性和4名女性受试者,平均年龄36.7岁(SD11.4)和18岁,性别和智商匹配的典型对照[14m/4f,平均年龄36.4岁(SD12.2)]对具有部分不匹配情绪信号的视频序列中说话者的情绪状态进行了评级。计算标准化线性回归系数,以衡量每个参与者对视频的非语言和语言成分的依赖性。然后比较各组之间的回归系数,以检验以下假设:自闭症成年人对非语言信息的社会评价较少。对效价等级和响应时间的差异进行了进一步的探索性分析。
未经评估:与通常开发的对照组相比,高功能自闭症成年人的非语言提示依赖性降低[t(23.14)=-2.44,p=0.01(单侧)]。此外,探索性分析显示,HFA组倾向于避免极端答案,可通过较少积极和较少消极的效价评级观察到,以响应越来越强的效价情绪表达。此外,与对照组相比,HFA的反应时间通常更长[F(1,33)=10.65,p=0.004].
UNASSIGNED:这些发现表明,在多模态情感信息分析中,非语言线索的影响减少,处理时间延长,这可能与该信息的主观相关性较低和/或HFA患者的更多处理困难有关。不太极端的回答倾向可能表明HFA中非语言效价表达的敏感性较低,或者是由于在解释情绪状态时面临更大的不确定性时避免错误回答的倾向。
UNASSIGNED: When receiving mismatching nonverbal and verbal signals, most people tend to base their judgment regarding the current emotional state of others primarily on nonverbal information. However, individuals with high-functioning autism (HFA) have been described as having difficulties interpreting nonverbal signals. Recognizing emotional states correctly is highly important for successful social interaction. Alterations in perception of nonverbal emotional cues presumably contribute to misunderstanding and impairments in social interactions.
UNASSIGNED: To evaluate autism-specific differences in the relative impact of nonverbal and verbal cues, 18 adults with HFA (14 male and four female subjects, mean age 36.7 years (SD 11.4) and 18 age, gender and IQ-matched typically developed controls [14 m/4 f, mean age 36.4 years (SD 12.2)] rated the emotional state of speakers in video sequences with partly mismatching emotional signals. Standardized linear regression coefficients were calculated as a measure of the reliance on the nonverbal and verbal components of the videos for each participant. Regression coefficients were then compared between groups to test the hypothesis that autistic adults base their social evaluations less strongly on nonverbal information. Further exploratory analyses were performed for differences in valence ratings and response times.
UNASSIGNED: Compared to the typically developed control group, nonverbal cue reliance was reduced in adults with high-functioning autism [t(23.14) = -2.44, p = 0.01 (one-sided)]. Furthermore, the exploratory analyses showed a tendency to avoid extreme answers in the HFA group, observable via less positive as well as less negative valence ratings in response to emotional expressions of increasingly strong valence. In addition, response time was generally longer in HFA compared to the control group [F (1, 33) = 10.65, p = 0.004].
UNASSIGNED: These findings suggest reduced impact of nonverbal cues and longer processing times in the analysis of multimodal emotional information, which may be associated with a subjectively lower relevance of this information and/or more processing difficulties for people with HFA. The less extreme answering tendency may indicate a lower sensitivity for nonverbal valence expression in HFA or result from a tendency to avoid incorrect answers when confronted with greater uncertainty in interpreting emotional states.