2006
DOI: 10.1080/17470910601040772
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Impaired recognition of negative basic emotions in autism: A test of the amygdala theory

Abstract: Autism and Asperger Syndrome are autism spectrum conditions (ASC) characterized by deficits in understanding others' minds, an aspect of which involves recognizing emotional expressions. This is thought to be related to atypical function and structure of the amygdala, and performance by people with ASC on emotion recognition tasks resembles that seen in people with acquired amygdala damage. In general, emotion recognition findings in ASC have been inconsistent, which may reflect low numbers of participants, lo… Show more

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“…For example, patients with autism spectrum disorder have deficits in social interactions as well as impairments in understanding the mental states of others. Moreover, it was found that these patients show a hypoactivation of the amygdala (38,39) as well as behavioral difficulties in identifying facial expressions (40). These findings may be related to abnormal fixation patterns and gaze aversion when scanning facial stimuli (41).…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…For example, patients with autism spectrum disorder have deficits in social interactions as well as impairments in understanding the mental states of others. Moreover, it was found that these patients show a hypoactivation of the amygdala (38,39) as well as behavioral difficulties in identifying facial expressions (40). These findings may be related to abnormal fixation patterns and gaze aversion when scanning facial stimuli (41).…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…First, performance may be influenced by gender differences, as females outweighed males in this experiment [M:F, 1:3], whereas the research in adults with ASD are mostly or entirely male participants (eg. Ashwin et al, 2006). Second, previous research has shown that early onset TLE has been related to a deficit of FER for fearful expressions whereas late onset TLE has not been related to a deficit of FER (McClelland, Garcia, & Peraza, 2006).…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 94%
“…Indeed, many studies find a deficit in male adults with ASD for identifying negative emotions (eg. Ashwin, Chapman, Colle, & Baron-Cohen, 2006). However, in a review of the recent literature published on FER ability in ASD, findings on FER for children, adolescents and high-functioning adults with ASD are inconsistent and contradictory (Harms et al, 2010).…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…For the scope of this analysis, we had to collapse emotion types into two categories, negative (disgust, fear, anger, and sadness) and non-negative (happiness and surprise) (Ashwin et al, 2006), because the number of basic emotions was not the same in the face and scene tasks. The resulting statistical design was a threeway mixed ANOVA with group (LIS vs control) as a betweensubject factor, and emotion valence (negative vs non-negative) and task (faces vs scenes) as within-subject factors.…”
Section: Analysis Of Face Versus Scene Tasksmentioning
confidence: 99%