The influence of dynamism and expression intensity on face emotion recognition in individuals with autistic traits

Face emotion recognition (FER) ability varies across the population, with autistic traits in the general population reported to contribute to this variation. Previous studies used photographs of posed facial expressions, while real social encounters involve dynamic expressions of varying intensity....

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Published inCognition and emotion Vol. 38; no. 4; pp. 635 - 644
Main Authors Corluka, Natalie, Laycock, Robin
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published England Routledge 01.06.2024
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Subjects
Accuracy
Acknowledgment
Adolescent
Adult
Autism
Autistic Disorder - psychology
autistic traits
Communication skills
dynamism
Emotion recognition
Emotions
expression intensity
Face emotion recognition
Facial Expression
Facial expressions
Facial Recognition
Female
Humans
Information processing
Male
Pattern recognition
Photic Stimulation
Photography
Recognition, Psychology
Social skills
Young Adult
dynamism
autistic traits
expression intensity
Face emotion recognition
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Summary:Face emotion recognition (FER) ability varies across the population, with autistic traits in the general population reported to contribute to this variation. Previous studies used photographs of posed facial expressions, while real social encounters involve dynamic expressions of varying intensity. We used static photographs and dynamic videos, showing peak and partial facial expressions to investigate the influence of dynamism and expression intensity on FER in non-clinical adults who varied in autistic traits. Those with high autistic traits had lower accuracy with both static peak and dynamic partial intensity expressions, when compared to low autistic trait participants. Furthermore, high autistic traits were linked to an accuracy advantage for dynamic compared with static stimuli in both partial and peak expression conditions, while those with low autistic traits demonstrated this dynamic advantage only for partial expressions. These findings reveal the differing importance of dynamism and expression intensity for FER across the non-clinical population and appear linked to self-reported social-communication skills. Furthermore, FER difficulties in autism might relate to the ability to integrate subtle, dynamic information, rather than static emotion categorisation alone.
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ISSN:0269-9931
1464-0600
DOI:10.1080/02699931.2024.2314982