Autism impairs face perception? Opposite associations between different subclusters of autistic traits and illusory face detection

• Published in: Visual cognition Vol. 31; no. 10; pp. 786 - 795
• Main Authors: Wang, Keyu, Zhou, Liu-Fang, Ruan, Yonghua, Shi, Xinyu, Wen, Xiyun, Meng, Ming
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Hove Routledge 26.11.2023; Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Subjects: Autism; Autistic traits; Face; face detection; face pareidolia; heterogeneity of autism; Perception; Population studies; visual imagery vividness

Despite common beliefs about facial processing deficits in autism, many studies have failed to confirm qualitative impairments. Individual differences within the autistic population are likely key confounding factors. The dichotomy of the Autism Spectrum Quotient (AQ) has been recognized in psychome...