Social conformity and autism spectrum disorder: A child-friendly take on a classic study

Yafai, Abdul-Fattah; Verrier, Diarmuid; Reidy, Lisa

doi:10.1177/1362361313508023

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“…The news typically consists of information about popular topics that receive extensive coverage and thus may appeal less to some individuals with ASD than topics more directly related to their own more focused interests. Indeed, people with ASD may exhibit a tendency toward independent thinking, in contrast to the typical social conformity (Yafai, Verrier, & Reidy, 2013), which may contribute to reduced interest in the type of stories that dominate the news.…”

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Intersections Between the Autism Spectrum and the Internet: Perceived Benefits and Preferred Functions of Computer-Mediated Communication

Gillespie-Lynch¹,

Kapp²,

Shane‐Simpson³

et al. 2014

Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities

133

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An online survey compared the perceived benefits and preferred functions of computer-mediated communication of participants with (N = 291) and without ASD (N = 311). Participants with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) perceived benefits of computer-mediated communication in terms of increased comprehension and control over communication, access to similar others, and the opportunity to express their true selves. They enjoyed using the Internet to meet others more, and to maintain connections with friends and family less, than did participants without ASD. People with ASD enjoyed aspects of computer-mediated communication that may be associated with special interests or advocacy, such as blogging, more than did participants without ASD. This study suggests that people with ASD may use the Internet in qualitatively different ways from those without ASD. Suggestions for interventions are discussed.

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Intersections Between the Autism Spectrum and the Internet: Perceived Benefits and Preferred Functions of Computer-Mediated Communication

Gillespie-Lynch¹,

Kapp²,

Shane‐Simpson³

et al. 2014

Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities

133

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“…However, individuals with ASC have been found to have poorer understanding of emotional cues (as shown above), as well as lower sensitivity to social cues [10] and lower social conformity [92]. Since individuals with ASC are less socio-emotionally sensitive within their own cultures, it is possible that cross-cultural differences in ER, if found, would be smaller in the ASC groups than in the TD groups.…”

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Basic and complex emotion recognition in children with autism: cross-cultural findings

Fridenson-Hayo¹,

Berggren²,

Lassalle³

et al. 2016

Molecular Autism

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BackgroundChildren with autism spectrum conditions (ASC) have emotion recognition deficits when tested in different expression modalities (face, voice, body). However, these findings usually focus on basic emotions, using one or two expression modalities. In addition, cultural similarities and differences in emotion recognition patterns in children with ASC have not been explored before. The current study examined the similarities and differences in the recognition of basic and complex emotions by children with ASC and typically developing (TD) controls across three cultures: Israel, Britain, and Sweden.MethodsFifty-five children with high-functioning ASC, aged 5–9, were compared to 58 TD children. On each site, groups were matched on age, sex, and IQ. Children were tested using four tasks, examining recognition of basic and complex emotions from voice recordings, videos of facial and bodily expressions, and emotional video scenarios including all modalities in context.ResultsCompared to their TD peers, children with ASC showed emotion recognition deficits in both basic and complex emotions on all three modalities and their integration in context. Complex emotions were harder to recognize, compared to basic emotions for the entire sample. Cross-cultural agreement was found for all major findings, with minor deviations on the face and body tasks.ConclusionsOur findings highlight the multimodal nature of ER deficits in ASC, which exist for basic as well as complex emotions and are relatively stable cross-culturally. Cross-cultural research has the potential to reveal both autism-specific universal deficits and the role that specific cultures play in the way empathy operates in different countries.

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“…Participants are asked to indicate which one of cartoon figures a comparison figure matches in size and they receive either misleading or correct information about other people's opinions (Yafai, Verrier, & Reidy, 2014) Dogs spontaneously adopt a seemingly pointless behavior (making a short detour) by observing their owners' habitual behavior…”

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The dog (Canis familiaris) as a translational model of autism: It is high time we move from promise to reality

Topál

Román

Turcsán

2019

WIRES Cognitive Science

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Selecting appropriate animal models for a particular human phenomenon is a difficult but important challenge. The difficulty lies in finding animal behaviors that are not only sufficiently relevant and analog to the complex human symptoms (face validity) but also have similar underlying biological and etiological mechanisms (translational or construct validity), and have "human-like" responses to treatment (predictive validity). Over the past several years, the domestic dog (Canis familiaris) has become increasingly proposed as a model for comparative and translational neuroscience. In parallel to the recent advances in canine behavior research, dogs have also been proposed as a model of many human neuropsychiatric conditions, including autism spectrum disorder (ASD). In this opinion paper we will shortly discuss the challenging nature of autism research then summarize the different neurocognitive frameworks for ASD making the case for a canine model of autism. The translational value of a dog model stems from the recognition that (a) there is a large inter-individual variability in the manifestation of dogs' social cognitive abilities including both high and low phenotypic extremes; (b) the phenotypic similarity between the dog and human symptoms are much higher than between the rodent and human symptoms; (c) the symptoms are functionally analogous to the human condition; and (d) more likely to have similar etiology. This article is categorized under: Psychology > Comparative Psychology Cognitive Biology > Evolutionary Roots of Cognition K E Y W O R D S autism spectrum disorder, dog, model, translational validity

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Social conformity and autism spectrum disorder: A child-friendly take on a classic study

Cited by 44 publications

References 24 publications

Intersections Between the Autism Spectrum and the Internet: Perceived Benefits and Preferred Functions of Computer-Mediated Communication

Intersections Between the Autism Spectrum and the Internet: Perceived Benefits and Preferred Functions of Computer-Mediated Communication

Basic and complex emotion recognition in children with autism: cross-cultural findings

The dog (Canis familiaris) as a translational model of autism: It is high time we move from promise to reality

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