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JOURNAL OF AUTISM AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDERS
Volume 41, Issue 1, Pages 102-109Publisher
SPRINGER/PLENUM PUBLISHERS
DOI: 10.1007/s10803-010-1030-y
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Autism; Emotion recognition; Systematizing; Pride expression
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Researchers have argued that individuals with autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) use an effortful systematizing process to recognize emotion expressions, whereas typically developing (TD) individuals use a more holistic process. If this is the case, individuals with ASDs should show slower and less efficient emotion recognition, particularly for socially complex emotions. We tested this account by assessing the speed and accuracy of emotion recognition while limiting exposure time and response window. Children and adolescents with ASDs showed quick and accurate recognition for most emotions, including pride, a socially complex emotion, and no differences emerged between ASD and TD groups. Furthermore, both groups trended toward higher accuracy when responding quickly, even though systematizing should promote a speed-accuracy trade-off for individuals with ASDs.
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