Reduced stereotypicality and spared use of facial expression predictions for social evaluation in autism
Robles, Marta (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Psicologia Clínica i de la Salut)
Ramos Grille, Irene (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Psicologia Clínica i de la Salut)
Hervas, Amaia (Hospital Universitari MútuaTerrassa (Terrassa, Catalunya))
Duran-Tauleria, Enric (Institut Global d'Atenció Integral del Neurodesenvolupament (IGAIN))
Galiano-Landeira, Jordi (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Psicologia Clínica i de la Salut)
Wormwood, Jolie (University of New Hampshire)
Falter-Wagne, Christine (LMU University Hospital. Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy)
Chanes, Lorena (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Psicologia Clínica i de la Salut)
Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Institut de Neurociències

Date:	2024
Description:	8 pàg.
Abstract:	Background/Objective Autism has been investigated through traditional emotion recognition paradigms, merely investigating accuracy, thereby constraining how potential differences across autistic and control individuals may be observed, identified, and described. Moreover, the use of emotional facial expression information for social functioning in autism is of relevance to provide a deeper understanding of the condition. Method Adult autistic individuals (n = 34) and adult control individuals (n = 34) were assessed with a social perception behavioral paradigm exploring facial expression predictions and their impact on social evaluation. Results Autistic individuals held less stereotypical predictions than controls. Importantly, despite such differences in predictions, the use of such predictions for social evaluation did not differ significantly between groups, as autistic individuals relied on their predictions to evaluate others to the same extent as controls. Conclusions These results help to understand how autistic individuals perceive social stimuli and evaluate others, revealing a deviation from stereotypicality beyond which social evaluation strategies may be intact.
Grants:	Agencia Estatal de Investigación PSI2017-88416-R Agencia Estatal de Investigación PID2020-119677RB-I00 Agència de Gestió d'Ajuts Universitaris i de Recerca 2017-SGR-1612 Agència de Gestió d'Ajuts Universitaris i de Recerca SGR-2021-01010
Note:	Altres ajuts: ICREA Acadèmia. CFW was funded by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (FA 876/3-1 and FA 876/5-1)
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Language:	Anglès
Document:	Article ; recerca ; Versió publicada
Subject:	Autism ; Emotion ; Predictive processing ; Facial expressions ; Social perception
Published in:	International Journal of Clinical and Health Psychology, Vol. 24, Núm. 2 (2024) , art. 100440, ISSN 1697-2600

DOI: 10.1016/j.ijchp.2024.100440
PMID: 38426036

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