Impaired Recognition of Static and Dynamic Facial Emotions in Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder Using Stimuli of Varying Intensities, Different Genders, and Age Ranges Faces
A multitude of research on facial emotion recognition (FER) in Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) have been published since several years. However, these studies have mainly used static high intensity stimuli, including adult and/or children facial emotions. This current study investigated FER in child...
| Main Authors: | , , , , , , , , , , , , |
|---|---|
| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Frontiers Media S.A.
2021-08-01
|
| Series: | Frontiers in Psychiatry |
| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyt.2021.693310/full |
| _version_ | 1818576980522565632 |
|---|---|
| author | Selima Jelili Selima Jelili Soumeyya Halayem Soumeyya Halayem Amal Taamallah Amal Taamallah Selima Ennaifer Selima Ennaifer Olfa Rajhi Olfa Rajhi Mohamed Moussa Mohamed Moussa Melek Ghazzei Melek Ghazzei Ahmed Nabli Sami Ouanes Sami Ouanes Zeineb Abbes Zeineb Abbes Malek Hajri Malek Hajri Radhouane Fakhfakh Asma Bouden Asma Bouden |
| author_facet | Selima Jelili Selima Jelili Soumeyya Halayem Soumeyya Halayem Amal Taamallah Amal Taamallah Selima Ennaifer Selima Ennaifer Olfa Rajhi Olfa Rajhi Mohamed Moussa Mohamed Moussa Melek Ghazzei Melek Ghazzei Ahmed Nabli Sami Ouanes Sami Ouanes Zeineb Abbes Zeineb Abbes Malek Hajri Malek Hajri Radhouane Fakhfakh Asma Bouden Asma Bouden |
| author_sort | Selima Jelili |
| collection | DOAJ |
| description | A multitude of research on facial emotion recognition (FER) in Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) have been published since several years. However, these studies have mainly used static high intensity stimuli, including adult and/or children facial emotions. This current study investigated FER in children with ASD using an innovative task, composed of a combination of static (114 pictures) and dynamic (36 videos) subtests, including children, adolescent, and adult male and female faces, with high, medium, and low intensity of basic facial emotions, and neutral expression. The ASD group consisted of 45 Tunisian verbal children, and the control group consisted of 117 tunisian typically developing children. Both groups were aged 7–12 years. After adjusting for sex, age, mental age, and school grade, the ASD group scored lower than controls on all tests except for the recognition of happiness and fear in the static subtest, and the recognition of happiness, fear, and sadness in the dynamic subtest (p ≥ 0.05). In the ASD group, the total score of both the static and the dynamic subtest were positively correlated with the school grade (p < 0.001), but not with age, or mental age. Children with ASD performed better in recognizing facial emotions in children than in adults and adolescents on videos and photos (p < 0.001). Impairments in FER would have negative impact on the child's social development. Thus, the creation of new intervention instruments aiming to improve emotion recognition strategies at an early stage to individuals with ASD seems fundamental. |
| first_indexed | 2024-12-16T06:22:38Z |
| format | Article |
| id | doaj.art-9f6ec2d3d21b44c98dcc4151131b12f1 |
| institution | Directory Open Access Journal |
| issn | 1664-0640 |
| language | English |
| last_indexed | 2024-12-16T06:22:38Z |
| publishDate | 2021-08-01 |
| publisher | Frontiers Media S.A. |
| record_format | Article |
| series | Frontiers in Psychiatry |
| spelling | doaj.art-9f6ec2d3d21b44c98dcc4151131b12f12022-12-21T22:41:05ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Psychiatry1664-06402021-08-011210.3389/fpsyt.2021.693310693310Impaired Recognition of Static and Dynamic Facial Emotions in Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder Using Stimuli of Varying Intensities, Different Genders, and Age Ranges FacesSelima Jelili0Selima Jelili1Soumeyya Halayem2Soumeyya Halayem3Amal Taamallah4Amal Taamallah5Selima Ennaifer6Selima Ennaifer7Olfa Rajhi8Olfa Rajhi9Mohamed Moussa10Mohamed Moussa11Melek Ghazzei12Melek Ghazzei13Ahmed Nabli14Sami Ouanes15Sami Ouanes16Zeineb Abbes17Zeineb Abbes18Malek Hajri19Malek Hajri20Radhouane Fakhfakh21Asma Bouden22Asma Bouden23Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Razi Hospital, Manouba, TunisiaFaculty of Medicine, Tunis El Manar University, Tunis, TunisiaDepartment of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Razi Hospital, Manouba, TunisiaFaculty of Medicine, Tunis El Manar University, Tunis, TunisiaDepartment of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Razi Hospital, Manouba, TunisiaFaculty of Medicine, Tunis El Manar University, Tunis, TunisiaDepartment of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Razi Hospital, Manouba, TunisiaFaculty of Medicine, Tunis El Manar University, Tunis, TunisiaDepartment of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Razi Hospital, Manouba, TunisiaFaculty of Medicine, Tunis El Manar University, Tunis, TunisiaDepartment of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Razi Hospital, Manouba, TunisiaFaculty of Medicine, Tunis El Manar University, Tunis, TunisiaDepartment of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Razi Hospital, Manouba, TunisiaFaculty of Medicine, Tunis El Manar University, Tunis, TunisiaDepartment of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Razi Hospital, Manouba, TunisiaFaculty of Medicine, Tunis El Manar University, Tunis, TunisiaDepartment of Psychiatry- Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, QatarDepartment of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Razi Hospital, Manouba, TunisiaFaculty of Medicine, Tunis El Manar University, Tunis, TunisiaDepartment of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Razi Hospital, Manouba, TunisiaFaculty of Medicine, Tunis El Manar University, Tunis, TunisiaFaculty of Medicine, Tunis El Manar University, Tunis, TunisiaDepartment of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Razi Hospital, Manouba, TunisiaFaculty of Medicine, Tunis El Manar University, Tunis, TunisiaA multitude of research on facial emotion recognition (FER) in Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) have been published since several years. However, these studies have mainly used static high intensity stimuli, including adult and/or children facial emotions. This current study investigated FER in children with ASD using an innovative task, composed of a combination of static (114 pictures) and dynamic (36 videos) subtests, including children, adolescent, and adult male and female faces, with high, medium, and low intensity of basic facial emotions, and neutral expression. The ASD group consisted of 45 Tunisian verbal children, and the control group consisted of 117 tunisian typically developing children. Both groups were aged 7–12 years. After adjusting for sex, age, mental age, and school grade, the ASD group scored lower than controls on all tests except for the recognition of happiness and fear in the static subtest, and the recognition of happiness, fear, and sadness in the dynamic subtest (p ≥ 0.05). In the ASD group, the total score of both the static and the dynamic subtest were positively correlated with the school grade (p < 0.001), but not with age, or mental age. Children with ASD performed better in recognizing facial emotions in children than in adults and adolescents on videos and photos (p < 0.001). Impairments in FER would have negative impact on the child's social development. Thus, the creation of new intervention instruments aiming to improve emotion recognition strategies at an early stage to individuals with ASD seems fundamental.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyt.2021.693310/fullautismsocial cognitionfacial emotionsemotion recognitionchildren |
| spellingShingle | Selima Jelili Selima Jelili Soumeyya Halayem Soumeyya Halayem Amal Taamallah Amal Taamallah Selima Ennaifer Selima Ennaifer Olfa Rajhi Olfa Rajhi Mohamed Moussa Mohamed Moussa Melek Ghazzei Melek Ghazzei Ahmed Nabli Sami Ouanes Sami Ouanes Zeineb Abbes Zeineb Abbes Malek Hajri Malek Hajri Radhouane Fakhfakh Asma Bouden Asma Bouden Impaired Recognition of Static and Dynamic Facial Emotions in Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder Using Stimuli of Varying Intensities, Different Genders, and Age Ranges Faces Frontiers in Psychiatry autism social cognition facial emotions emotion recognition children |
| title | Impaired Recognition of Static and Dynamic Facial Emotions in Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder Using Stimuli of Varying Intensities, Different Genders, and Age Ranges Faces |
| title_full | Impaired Recognition of Static and Dynamic Facial Emotions in Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder Using Stimuli of Varying Intensities, Different Genders, and Age Ranges Faces |
| title_fullStr | Impaired Recognition of Static and Dynamic Facial Emotions in Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder Using Stimuli of Varying Intensities, Different Genders, and Age Ranges Faces |
| title_full_unstemmed | Impaired Recognition of Static and Dynamic Facial Emotions in Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder Using Stimuli of Varying Intensities, Different Genders, and Age Ranges Faces |
| title_short | Impaired Recognition of Static and Dynamic Facial Emotions in Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder Using Stimuli of Varying Intensities, Different Genders, and Age Ranges Faces |
| title_sort | impaired recognition of static and dynamic facial emotions in children with autism spectrum disorder using stimuli of varying intensities different genders and age ranges faces |
| topic | autism social cognition facial emotions emotion recognition children |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyt.2021.693310/full |
| work_keys_str_mv | AT selimajelili impairedrecognitionofstaticanddynamicfacialemotionsinchildrenwithautismspectrumdisorderusingstimuliofvaryingintensitiesdifferentgendersandagerangesfaces AT selimajelili impairedrecognitionofstaticanddynamicfacialemotionsinchildrenwithautismspectrumdisorderusingstimuliofvaryingintensitiesdifferentgendersandagerangesfaces AT soumeyyahalayem impairedrecognitionofstaticanddynamicfacialemotionsinchildrenwithautismspectrumdisorderusingstimuliofvaryingintensitiesdifferentgendersandagerangesfaces AT soumeyyahalayem impairedrecognitionofstaticanddynamicfacialemotionsinchildrenwithautismspectrumdisorderusingstimuliofvaryingintensitiesdifferentgendersandagerangesfaces AT amaltaamallah impairedrecognitionofstaticanddynamicfacialemotionsinchildrenwithautismspectrumdisorderusingstimuliofvaryingintensitiesdifferentgendersandagerangesfaces AT amaltaamallah impairedrecognitionofstaticanddynamicfacialemotionsinchildrenwithautismspectrumdisorderusingstimuliofvaryingintensitiesdifferentgendersandagerangesfaces AT selimaennaifer impairedrecognitionofstaticanddynamicfacialemotionsinchildrenwithautismspectrumdisorderusingstimuliofvaryingintensitiesdifferentgendersandagerangesfaces AT selimaennaifer impairedrecognitionofstaticanddynamicfacialemotionsinchildrenwithautismspectrumdisorderusingstimuliofvaryingintensitiesdifferentgendersandagerangesfaces AT olfarajhi impairedrecognitionofstaticanddynamicfacialemotionsinchildrenwithautismspectrumdisorderusingstimuliofvaryingintensitiesdifferentgendersandagerangesfaces AT olfarajhi impairedrecognitionofstaticanddynamicfacialemotionsinchildrenwithautismspectrumdisorderusingstimuliofvaryingintensitiesdifferentgendersandagerangesfaces AT mohamedmoussa impairedrecognitionofstaticanddynamicfacialemotionsinchildrenwithautismspectrumdisorderusingstimuliofvaryingintensitiesdifferentgendersandagerangesfaces AT mohamedmoussa impairedrecognitionofstaticanddynamicfacialemotionsinchildrenwithautismspectrumdisorderusingstimuliofvaryingintensitiesdifferentgendersandagerangesfaces AT melekghazzei impairedrecognitionofstaticanddynamicfacialemotionsinchildrenwithautismspectrumdisorderusingstimuliofvaryingintensitiesdifferentgendersandagerangesfaces AT melekghazzei impairedrecognitionofstaticanddynamicfacialemotionsinchildrenwithautismspectrumdisorderusingstimuliofvaryingintensitiesdifferentgendersandagerangesfaces AT ahmednabli impairedrecognitionofstaticanddynamicfacialemotionsinchildrenwithautismspectrumdisorderusingstimuliofvaryingintensitiesdifferentgendersandagerangesfaces AT samiouanes impairedrecognitionofstaticanddynamicfacialemotionsinchildrenwithautismspectrumdisorderusingstimuliofvaryingintensitiesdifferentgendersandagerangesfaces AT samiouanes impairedrecognitionofstaticanddynamicfacialemotionsinchildrenwithautismspectrumdisorderusingstimuliofvaryingintensitiesdifferentgendersandagerangesfaces AT zeinebabbes impairedrecognitionofstaticanddynamicfacialemotionsinchildrenwithautismspectrumdisorderusingstimuliofvaryingintensitiesdifferentgendersandagerangesfaces AT zeinebabbes impairedrecognitionofstaticanddynamicfacialemotionsinchildrenwithautismspectrumdisorderusingstimuliofvaryingintensitiesdifferentgendersandagerangesfaces AT malekhajri impairedrecognitionofstaticanddynamicfacialemotionsinchildrenwithautismspectrumdisorderusingstimuliofvaryingintensitiesdifferentgendersandagerangesfaces AT malekhajri impairedrecognitionofstaticanddynamicfacialemotionsinchildrenwithautismspectrumdisorderusingstimuliofvaryingintensitiesdifferentgendersandagerangesfaces AT radhouanefakhfakh impairedrecognitionofstaticanddynamicfacialemotionsinchildrenwithautismspectrumdisorderusingstimuliofvaryingintensitiesdifferentgendersandagerangesfaces AT asmabouden impairedrecognitionofstaticanddynamicfacialemotionsinchildrenwithautismspectrumdisorderusingstimuliofvaryingintensitiesdifferentgendersandagerangesfaces AT asmabouden impairedrecognitionofstaticanddynamicfacialemotionsinchildrenwithautismspectrumdisorderusingstimuliofvaryingintensitiesdifferentgendersandagerangesfaces |