scholarly journals Typical integration of emotion cues from the face and body in Autism Spectrum Disorder

2017 ◽  
Vol 17 (10) ◽  
pp. 628
Author(s):  
Rebecca Brewer ◽  
Federica Biotti ◽  
Geoffrey Bird ◽  
Richard Cook
Keyword(s):  
Autism Spectrum Disorder ◽  
Autism Spectrum ◽  
Spectrum Disorder ◽  
The Face ◽  
Emotion Cues

scholarly journals Gaze to faces across interactive contexts in infants at heightened risk for autism

Autism ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 22 (6) ◽  
pp. 763-768 ◽  
Author(s):  
Devon N Gangi ◽  
AJ Schwichtenberg ◽  
Ana-Maria Iosif ◽  
Gregory S Young ◽  
Fam Baguio ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Autism Spectrum Disorder ◽  
Autism Spectrum ◽  
Spectrum Disorder ◽  
Social Partner ◽  
Infant Behavior ◽  
Gaze Behavior ◽  
Communicative Behavior ◽  
The Face ◽  
High Risk Infants ◽  
Social Communicative

Infant social-communicative behavior, such as gaze to the face of an interactive partner, is an important early developmental skill. Children with autism spectrum disorder exhibit atypicalities in social-communicative behavior, including gaze and eye contact. Behavioral differences in infancy may serve as early markers of autism spectrum disorder and help identify individuals at highest risk for developing the disorder. Researchers often assess social-communicative behavior in a single interactive context, such as during assessment with an unfamiliar examiner or play with a parent. Understanding whether infant behavior is consistent across such contexts is important for evaluating the validity of experimental paradigms and the generalizability of findings from one interactive context/partner to another. We examined infant gaze to the face of a social partner at 6, 9, and 12 months of age in infants who were later diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder, as well as low- and high-risk infants without autism spectrum disorder outcomes, across two interactive contexts: structured testing with an unfamiliar examiner and semi-structured play with a parent. By 9 months, infant gaze behavior was significantly associated between the two contexts. By 12 months, infants without autism spectrum disorder outcomes exhibited higher mean rates of gaze to faces during parent–child play than Mullen testing, while the gaze behavior of the autism spectrum disorder group did not differ by context—suggesting that infants developing autism spectrum disorder may be less sensitive to context or interactive partner. Findings support the validity of assessing infant social-communicative behavior during structured laboratory settings and suggest that infant behavior exhibits consistency across settings and interactive partners.

Reducing facial dynamics’ speed during speech enhances attention to mouth in children with autism spectrum disorder: An eye-tracking study

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-10
Author(s):  
Bruno Gepner ◽  
Anaïs Godde ◽  
Aurore Charrier ◽  
Nicolas Carvalho ◽  
Carole Tardif
Keyword(s):  
Autism Spectrum Disorder ◽  
Eye Tracking ◽  
Real Time ◽  
Therapeutic Potential ◽  
Autism Spectrum ◽  
Spectrum Disorder ◽  
Visual Exploration ◽  
Children With Asd ◽  
The Face ◽  
Visual Fixations

Abstract Facial movements of others during verbal and social interaction are often too rapid to be faced and/or processed in time by numerous children and adults with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), which could contribute to their face-to-face interaction peculiarities. We wish here to measure the effect of reducing the speed of one's facial dynamics on the visual exploration of the face by children with ASD. Twenty-three children with ASD and 29 typically-developing control children matched for chronological age passively viewed a video of a speaker telling a story at various velocities, i.e., a real-time speed and two slowed-down speeds. The visual scene was divided into four areas of interest (AOI): face, mouth, eyes, and outside the face. With an eye-tracking system, we measured the percentage of total fixation duration per AOI and the number and mean duration of the visual fixations made on each AOI. In children with ASD, the mean duration of visual fixations on the mouth region, which correlated with their verbal level, increased at slowed-down velocity compared with the real-time one, a finding which parallels a result also found in the control children. These findings strengthen the therapeutic potential of slowness for enhancing verbal and language abilities in children with ASD.

scholarly journals Ability of Children with Learning Disabilities and Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder to Recognize Feelings from Facial Expressions and Body Language

2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 10 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alev Girli ◽  
Sıla Doğmaz
Keyword(s):  
Autism Spectrum Disorder ◽  
Learning Disabilities ◽  
Facial Expressions ◽  
Children With Autism ◽  
Autism Spectrum ◽  
Body Language ◽  
The Body ◽  
Spectrum Disorder ◽  
Black And White ◽  
The Face

In this study, children with learning disability (LD) were compared with children with autism spectrum disorder(ASD) in terms of identifying emotions from photographs with certain face and body expressions. The sampleconsisted of a total of 82 children aged 7-19 years living in Izmir in Turkey. A total of 6 separate sets of slides,consisting of black and white photographs, were used to assess participants’ ability to identify feelings – 3 sets forfacial expressions, and 3 sets for body language. There were 20 photographs on the face slides and 38 photographson the body language slides. The results of the nonparametric Mann Whitney-U test showed no significant differencebetween the total scores that children received from each of the face and body language slide sets. It was observedthat the children with LD usually looked at the whole photo, while the children with ASD focused especially aroundthe mouth to describe feelings. The results that were obtained were discussed in the context of the literature, andsuggestions were presented.

Autism-plus spectrum disorders: Interfaces with psychosis

2016 ◽  
Vol 33 (S1) ◽  
pp. S356-S356
Author(s):  
I. Peixoto ◽  
R. Velasco Rodrigues ◽  
C. Marques
Keyword(s):  
Autism Spectrum Disorder ◽  
Differential Diagnosis ◽  
Clinical Case ◽  
Psychotic Disorders ◽  
Autism Spectrum ◽  
Spectrum Disorder ◽  
Case Vignette ◽  
The Face ◽  
Competing Interest ◽  
Definition Of

IntroductionDespite categorical differentiation, autistic and psychotic disorders are historically related diagnostic entities and there is still much controversy regarding their limits and developmental course. Particularly in children, the presence of idiosyncratic fears, difficulties in the social sphere and thought disorder are important factors in the differential diagnosis. There are some research-derived clinical constructs that operationalize symptomatology aiming to highlight the interfaces and the overlap between such disorders. Their clinical implications can be extremely relevant in the face of the limits of current nosology.ObjetivesTo phenomenologically describe differentiating parameters and high-risk clinical profiles for the development of psychosis in children with autism spectrum disorder.MethodsSelective review of the literature in PubMed (MEDLINE). Illustration with a clinical case vignette.ResultsThe clinical case reflects well the difficulties posed in the differential diagnosis due to the multiple interfaces between autism and psychosis. Constructs such as “multiple complex developmental disorder” or “multidimensionally impaired syndrome” allow a clearer and more practice-friendly characterization of such individuals.ConclusionThe constelation of symptoms identified in these criteria may become useful through the definition of subgroups of autism spectrum disorder individuals with complex psychopathology. Studies in this regard are still scarce, but the validation and reproduction of the positive results observed in the near future can help optimize the clinical approaches in these children.Disclosure of interestThe authors have not supplied their declaration of competing interest.

scholarly journals Face processing and exploration of social signals in Prader-Willi syndrome: a genetic signature

2019 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jimmy Debladis ◽  
Marion Valette ◽  
Kuzma Strenilkov ◽  
Carine Mantoulan ◽  
Denise Thuilleaux ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Autism Spectrum Disorder ◽  
Social Interactions ◽  
Emotion Recognition ◽  
Face Processing ◽  
Genetic Disorder ◽  
Autism Spectrum ◽  
Spectrum Disorder ◽  
Prader Willi Syndrome ◽  
Social Signals ◽  
The Face

Abstract Background Faces are critical social cues that must be perfectly processed in order to engage appropriately in everyday social interactions. In Prader-Willi Syndrome (PWS), a rare genetic disorder characterized by cognitive and behavioural difficulties including autism spectrum disorder, the literature referring to face processing is sparse. Given reports of poor social interactions in individuals with PWS, we sought to assess their face and emotion recognition skills during eyetracking recordings. Results Compared with controls, patients with PWS performed more poorly on face/emotion recognition. We observed atypical facial exploration by patients with maternal disomy. These patients looked preferentially at the mouth region, whereas patients with a deletion and controls were more attracted to the eye region. During social scenes, the exploration became more atypical as the social content increased. Conclusions Our comprehensive study brings new insights into the face processing of patients with PWS. Atypical facial exploration was only displayed by patients with the maternal disomy subtype, corresponding to their higher rate of autism spectrum disorder. This finding strongly argues in favor of early identification of this genetic subgroup in order to optimize care by implementing tailored interventions for each patient as soon as possible.

scholarly journals Typical integration of emotion cues from bodies and faces in Autism Spectrum Disorder

Cognition ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 165 ◽  
pp. 82-87 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rebecca Brewer ◽  
Federica Biotti ◽  
Geoffrey Bird ◽  
Richard Cook
Keyword(s):  
Autism Spectrum Disorder ◽  
Autism Spectrum ◽  
Spectrum Disorder ◽  
Emotion Cues

scholarly journals Development of Face Recognition Software to Differentiate Autism Spectrum Disorder from Typical Adolescents

2020 ◽  
Vol 47 (3) ◽  
pp. 163
Author(s):  
Supra Wimbarti ◽  
Willy Kristianto Yappy
Keyword(s):  
Autism Spectrum Disorder ◽  
Face Recognition ◽  
Autism Spectrum ◽  
Spectrum Disorder ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Recognition Ability ◽  
Main Effect ◽  
The Face ◽  
Recognition Software ◽  
Adolescents With Asd

The purpose of this research was two folds: (1) to establish the face recognition software; and (2) to differentiate the ability in face recognition between Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) from typical adolescents. The subjects were adolescents between 10-16 years old. The experimental group consisted of 31 adolescents with ASD, the control group consisted of 32 typical adolescents. Research was done using experimental method, with face recognition software. Data collected were the number of correct faces recognized and the time needed to recognize and touch the face. The hypothesis was adolescents with ASD have worse face recognition ability compared to typical adolescents. Result showed that there were differences between ASD group compared to normal group both in the number of correct face recognitions and the time needed to choose a face with a finger touch. A one-way MANOVA revealed a significant multivariate main effect for type of groups toward the number of correct answers and time needed to answer, Wilks’ λ = 0.739, F (2,60) = 10.610, p < 0.001. The univariate main effect were also examined, whereupon significant univariate main effect for type of groups were obtained for both the amount of correct answer, F (1,61) = 15.468 p < 0.001, and the amount of time needed to answer, F (1,61) = 21.360 p < 0.001.

Oscillatory entrainment mechanisms and anticipatory predictive processes in children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shlomit Beker ◽  
John J Foxe ◽  
Sophie Molholm
Keyword(s):  
Autism Spectrum Disorder ◽  
Visual Cues ◽  
Neural Mechanism ◽  
Autism Spectrum ◽  
Spectrum Disorder ◽  
Auditory Target ◽  
Visual Responses ◽  
Temporal Prediction ◽  
Children With Asd ◽  
The Face

Anticipating near-future events is fundamental to adaptive behavior, whereby neural processing of predictable stimuli is significantly facilitated relative to non-predictable events. Neural oscillations appear to be a key anticipatory mechanism by which processing of upcoming stimuli is modified, and they often entrain to rhythmic environmental sequences. Clinical and anecdotal observations have led to the hypothesis that people with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) may have deficits in generating predictions, and as such, a candidate neural mechanism may be failure to adequately entrain neural activity to repetitive environmental patterns to facilitate temporal predictions. We tested this hypothesis by interrogating temporal predictions and rhythmic entrainment using behavioral and electrophysiological approaches. We recorded high-density electroencephalography in children with ASD and Typically Developing (TD) age- and IQ-matched controls, while they reacted to an auditory target as quickly as possible. This auditory event was either preceded by predictive rhythmic visual cues, or not. Both ASD and control groups presented comparable behavioral facilitation in response to the Cue vs. No-Cue condition, challenging the hypothesis that children with ASD have deficits in generating temporal predictions. Analyses of the electrophysiological data, in contrast, revealed significantly reduced neural entrainment to the visual cues, and altered anticipatory processes in the ASD group. This was the case despite intact stimulus evoked visual responses. These results support intact temporal prediction in response to a cue in ASD, in the face of altered entrainment and anticipatory processes.

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