In this study, we investigated whether the difficulties in body motion (BM) perception may led to deficit in emotion recognition in Autism spectrum disorder (ASD). To this aim, individuals with high-functioning ASD were asked to recognise fearful, happy, and neutral BM depicted as static images or dynamic point-light and full-light displays. Results showed slower response times in participants with ASD only in recognising dynamic stimuli, but no group differences in accuracy. This suggests that i) a deficit in action chaining mechanism in ASD may prevent the recognition of dynamic BM automatically and rapidly, ii) individuals with ASD and high cognitive resources can develop alternative—but equally successful—strategies to recognise emotional body expressions. Implications for treatment are discussed

Difficulties in Recognising Dynamic but not Static Emotional Body Movements in Autism Spectrum Disorder / Mazzoni, Noemi; Ricciardelli, Paola; Actis-Grosso, Rossana; Venuti, Paola. - In: JOURNAL OF AUTISM AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDERS. - ISSN 0162-3257. - ELETTRONICO. - 52:3(2022), pp. 1092-1105. [10.1007/s10803-021-05015-7]

Difficulties in Recognising Dynamic but not Static Emotional Body Movements in Autism Spectrum Disorder

Mazzoni, Noemi;Ricciardelli, Paola;Venuti, Paola
2022-01-01

Abstract

In this study, we investigated whether the difficulties in body motion (BM) perception may led to deficit in emotion recognition in Autism spectrum disorder (ASD). To this aim, individuals with high-functioning ASD were asked to recognise fearful, happy, and neutral BM depicted as static images or dynamic point-light and full-light displays. Results showed slower response times in participants with ASD only in recognising dynamic stimuli, but no group differences in accuracy. This suggests that i) a deficit in action chaining mechanism in ASD may prevent the recognition of dynamic BM automatically and rapidly, ii) individuals with ASD and high cognitive resources can develop alternative—but equally successful—strategies to recognise emotional body expressions. Implications for treatment are discussed
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Mazzoni, Noemi; Ricciardelli, Paola; Actis-Grosso, Rossana; Venuti, Paola
Difficulties in Recognising Dynamic but not Static Emotional Body Movements in Autism Spectrum Disorder / Mazzoni, Noemi; Ricciardelli, Paola; Actis-Grosso, Rossana; Venuti, Paola. - In: JOURNAL OF AUTISM AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDERS. - ISSN 0162-3257. - ELETTRONICO. - 52:3(2022), pp. 1092-1105. [10.1007/s10803-021-05015-7]
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