Diminished ability to integrate target stimuli with context during emotional recognition in individuals with broad autism phenotype
Individuals with broad autism phenotype (BAP) have a tendency not to integrate emotional stimuli with the surrounding context. They have also shown different patterns and abilities in processing positive and negative emotions. This study aimed to examine whether the effect of context on target stimu...
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| description | Individuals with broad autism phenotype (BAP) have a tendency not to integrate emotional stimuli with the surrounding context. They have also shown different patterns and abilities in processing positive and negative emotions. This study aimed to examine whether the effect of context on target stimuli could vary depending on the type of target emotion in individuals with BAP. Based on the Broad Autism Phenotype Questionnaire (BAPQ) and Autism-Spectrum Quotient (AQ), 36 individuals with BAP and 33 healthy controls were selected. All the participants performed an overlap-emotional task consisting of six conditions: 2 (congruence: congruent and incongruent) × 3 (emotion: fearful, sad, and happy). Reaction time and accuracy were measured as dependent variables. The results revealed that the individuals with BAP showed no difference in reaction time between the condition of congruence and incongruence, but that the control group was faster to categorize facial expression on the condition of congruence than that of incongruence regardless of the type of target emotion. There were no differences between the two groups in any of the conditions with regard to accuracy. These findings indicate that individuals with BAP tend not to integrate target emotions with contextual information, a feature that could worsen the speed of emotional recognition in individuals with BAP. This study confirmed that the individuals with BAP have different cognition patterns in emotional recognition than the control group. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-1e91fb6ef308409e8ab84dda8734fd042022-12-22T02:25:24ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Psychology1664-10782022-10-011310.3389/fpsyg.2022.934385934385Diminished ability to integrate target stimuli with context during emotional recognition in individuals with broad autism phenotypeWoo-Jin ChaJang-Han LeeIndividuals with broad autism phenotype (BAP) have a tendency not to integrate emotional stimuli with the surrounding context. They have also shown different patterns and abilities in processing positive and negative emotions. This study aimed to examine whether the effect of context on target stimuli could vary depending on the type of target emotion in individuals with BAP. Based on the Broad Autism Phenotype Questionnaire (BAPQ) and Autism-Spectrum Quotient (AQ), 36 individuals with BAP and 33 healthy controls were selected. All the participants performed an overlap-emotional task consisting of six conditions: 2 (congruence: congruent and incongruent) × 3 (emotion: fearful, sad, and happy). Reaction time and accuracy were measured as dependent variables. The results revealed that the individuals with BAP showed no difference in reaction time between the condition of congruence and incongruence, but that the control group was faster to categorize facial expression on the condition of congruence than that of incongruence regardless of the type of target emotion. There were no differences between the two groups in any of the conditions with regard to accuracy. These findings indicate that individuals with BAP tend not to integrate target emotions with contextual information, a feature that could worsen the speed of emotional recognition in individuals with BAP. This study confirmed that the individuals with BAP have different cognition patterns in emotional recognition than the control group.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.934385/fullbroad autism phenotypeautism spectrum disorderweak central coherence theoryemotional recognitioncongruency effect |
| spellingShingle | Woo-Jin Cha Jang-Han Lee Diminished ability to integrate target stimuli with context during emotional recognition in individuals with broad autism phenotype Frontiers in Psychology broad autism phenotype autism spectrum disorder weak central coherence theory emotional recognition congruency effect |
| title | Diminished ability to integrate target stimuli with context during emotional recognition in individuals with broad autism phenotype |
| title_full | Diminished ability to integrate target stimuli with context during emotional recognition in individuals with broad autism phenotype |
| title_fullStr | Diminished ability to integrate target stimuli with context during emotional recognition in individuals with broad autism phenotype |
| title_full_unstemmed | Diminished ability to integrate target stimuli with context during emotional recognition in individuals with broad autism phenotype |
| title_short | Diminished ability to integrate target stimuli with context during emotional recognition in individuals with broad autism phenotype |
| title_sort | diminished ability to integrate target stimuli with context during emotional recognition in individuals with broad autism phenotype |
| topic | broad autism phenotype autism spectrum disorder weak central coherence theory emotional recognition congruency effect |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.934385/full |
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