Childhood Facial Recognition Predicts Adolescent Symptom Severity in Autism Spectrum Disorder
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Limited accuracy and speed in facial recognition (FR) and in the identification of facial emotions (IFE) have been shown in autism spectrum disorders (ASD). This study aimed at evaluating the predictive value of atypicalities in FR and IFE for future symptom severity in children with ASD. Therefore we performed a seven-year follow-up study in 87 children with ASD. FR and IFE were assessed in childhood (T1: age 6-12) using the Amsterdam Neuropsychological Tasks (ANT). Symptom severity was assessed using the Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule (ADOS) in childhood and again seven years later during adolescence (T2: age 12-19). Multiple regression analyses were performed to investigate whether FR and IFE in childhood predicted ASD symptom severity in adolescence, while controlling for ASD symptom severity in childhood. We found that more accurate FR significantly predicted lower adolescent ASD symptom severity scores (ΔR(2) = .09), even when controlling for childhood ASD symptom severity. IFE was not a significant predictor of ASD symptom severity in adolescence. From these results it can be concluded, that in children with ASD the accuracy of FR in childhood is a relevant predictor of ASD symptom severity in adolescence. Test results on FR in children with ASD may have prognostic value regarding later symptom severity.
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Early signs and predictors of later manifest ASD include lack of/altered attention to eyes and limited facial recognition/use of facial expressions.
“Early signs and predictors of later manifest ASD, such as a lack of/altered attention to eyes (Jones & Klin, 2013) and limited facial recognition (Eussen et al., 2015)/limited use of facial expressions, should be investigated.”
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- Authors
- Eussen, M. L. J. M., Louwerse, A., Herba, C. M., Van Gool, A. R., Verheij, F., Verhulst, F. C., & Greaves‐Lord, K.
- Affiliations
- Erasmus MC (NL)
- Université du Québec à Montréal (CA)
- Yulius, Organisation for Mental Health Hellingen 21, 3311 GZ Dordrecht The Netherlands
- Corresponding author
- Greaves‐Lord, Kirstin
- Venue
- Autism Research
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 2015-01-28
- Volume
- 8
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 261-271
- ISSN
- 1939-3792 (ISSN-L)
- 1939-3806
- OpenAlex
- W1787105128
- Cited by
- 22
- References
- 10
- Citations by year
- 2024: 2 · 2023: 3 · 2022: 2 · 2021: 3 · 2020: 5 · 2019: 2 · 2018: 1 · 2016: 1 · 2015: 3
- FWCI
- 1.00
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Autism Research (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- EUR Research Repository (Erasmus University Rotterdam) (publishedVersion)
- EUR Research Repository (Erasmus University Rotterdam) (submittedVersion)
- Funders
- Sophia Foundation for Scientific Research (586, 2009)
- Nuts Ohra Foundation (0803-53)
- The Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO/ZonMw/OOG-100-002-006)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Autism Spectrum Disorder Research
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Face Recognition and Perception
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Child and Animal Learning Development
- Keywords
- autism spectrum disorder, face recognition (cognition), symptom severity, adolescence, childhood predictors, prognostic value, long-term follow-up, social cognition
- MeSH terms
- Facial Recognition, Autism Spectrum Disorder, Adolescent, Adult, Child, Female, Follow-Up Studies, Humans, Male, Severity of Illness Index, Young Adult
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