Emotion recognition from body movement and gesture in children with Autism Spectrum Disorder is improved by situational cues |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Department of Special Education, National Taiwan Normal University, Taipei, Taiwan;2. Research Center for Information Technology Innovation (CITI), Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan;3. Department of Special Education, University of Taipei, Taipei, Taiwan;1. Health Analysis Division, Statistics Canada, 100 Tunney’s Pasture Driveway, Ottawa, Ontario, K1A 0T6, Canada;2. Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia, 4480 Oak Street, Room 2D19, BC Children’s Hospital, Vancouver, British Columbia, V6H 3V4, Canada;3. School of Social Work, McGill University, 3506 University Street, #300, Montreal, Québec, H3A 2A7, Canada;4. Clinical Epidemiology Program, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, 501 Smyth Road, Box 511, Ottawa, Ontario, K1H 8L6, Canada;1. Neuropsychology Laboratory, Department of Psychology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region;2. Department of Special Education and Counselling, The Hong Kong Institute of Education, Tai Po, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region;1. Department of Psychology, Royal Holloway, University of London, UK;2. Department of Psychology, City, University of London, UK;3. Experimental Psychology Department, University of Oxford, UK;4. MRC Social, Genetic & Developmental Psychiatry Centre, King’s College London, UK;5. Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience, University College London, UK |
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| Abstract: | BackgroundResearch shows people with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) have poorer emotion recognition (ER) compared to their typically developing (TD) peers. However, it is not known whether this is the case when stimuli are limited to gesture and posture, and lack facial expressions.MethodFifty-four children with (n = 27) and without (n = 27) ASD, matched on age and gender, completed an ER task, that used dynamic stimuli. Processing style bias, Autistic-like-traits and empathy were also measured. With ER as the outcome variable, a multilevel logistic model was created.ResultsChildren with ASD were found to be significantly less accurate in identifying emotions, compared to the control group. Presence of situational cues aided both groups. Autistic-like-traits and empathy were found to correlate too highly with the diagnosed condition to use in the multilevel model. Processing style did not significantly impact ER ability.ConclusionsThis study supports previous research which finds ER ability in people with ASD to be poorer than that of TD peers and that situational cues can aid ER ability. Importantly, the latter is true for people with ASD. The implication of these findings are programmes that aim to improve ER should consider using cues. Limitations of the study are discussed. |
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| Keywords: | Autism Spectrum Disorder Emotion recognition Situational cues Processing style |
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