Judgments of Social Dimensions of Faces in Individuals with High-Functioning Autism
2017 (English)Independent thesis Advanced level (degree of Master (One Year)), 40 credits / 60 HE credits
Student thesis
Abstract [en]
The aim of the present study was to investigate if individuals with high-functioning autism differ from typically developing (TD) individuals in judgments of social dimensions from faces. Thirty-two individuals with high functioning autism and sixty-seven TD individuals rated 196 synthetic faces representing 7 social dimensions. Overall, both groups performed similarly on the judgment tasks. However, some group differences emerged for ratings of Competence and Likeability in the Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) group. Furthermore, alexithymia, or emotion-blindness, was found to be a possible indicator of ability to judge social dimensions in the ASD group. Implications of present results in relation to prior and future research on social interaction on the autism spectrum are discussed.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
2017. , p. 19
Keywords [en]
Autism, Autism Spectrum Disorder, Social Judgments, Face Recognition, ASD, High-Functioning Autism, Face Reading, Social Dimensions
National Category
Psychology (excluding Applied Psychology)
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:su:diva-144370OAI: oai:DiVA.org:su-144370DiVA, id: diva2:1111755
Presentation
2017-06-07, Psykologiska institutionen, Frescati Hagväg 8, Stockholm, 09:00
Supervisors
Examiners
2017-09-122017-06-192017-09-12Bibliographically approved