Facial Expression Production and Recognition in Autism Spectrum Disorders
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Social "difficulties" associated with ASD may be a product of neurotypical-autistic differences in emotion expression and recognition. Research suggests that neurotypical and autistic individuals exhibit expressive differences, with autistic individuals displaying less frequent expressions that are rated lower in quality by non-autistic raters. Autistic individuals have difficulties recognizing neurotypical facial expressions; neurotypical individuals have difficulties recognizing autistic expressions. However, findings are mixed. Task-related factors (e.g., intensity of stimuli) and participant characteristics (e.g., age, IQ, comorbid diagnoses) may contribute to the mixed findings. The authors conclude by highlighting important areas for future research and the clinical implications of the discussed findings.
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Social challenges do not lie solely within an Autistic person-they are relational, meaning that the interactional partner shares responsibility for preventing and remedying misunderstandings and social rejection.
“Providers must also understand that social challenges do not lie solely within an Autistic person—they are relational, meaning that the interactional partner shares responsibility for preventing and remedying misunderstandings and social rejection (Davis & Crompton, 2021; Keating & Cook, 2020; Milton, 2012; Sasson et al., 2017).”
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- Authors
- Keating, C. T., & Cook, J. L.
- Affiliations
- University of Birmingham (GB)
- Corresponding author
- Cook, Jennifer Louise
- Venue
- Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Clinics of North America
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2020-07
- Volume
- 29
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 557-571
- ISSN
- 1056-4993 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W3015907530
- Cited by
- 70
- References
- 19
- Citations by year
- 2026: 11 · 2025: 12 · 2024: 12 · 2023: 13 · 2022: 10 · 2021: 9 · 2020: 3
- FWCI
- 1.18
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- hybrid
- doi.org
- Licence
- Locations
- Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Clinics of North America (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- University of Birmingham Research Portal (University of Birmingham) (submittedVersion, cc-by)
- Funders
- University of Birmingham
- 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, facial expressions, emotional expression, emotion recognition, social cognition, facial expression intensity, comorbidities, clinical implications
- MeSH terms
- Autism Spectrum Disorder, Emotions, Facial Expression, Humans
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