Social-Pragmatic Inferencing, Visual Social Attention and Physiological Reactivity to Complex Social Scenes in Autistic Young Adults.

This study examined social-pragmatic inferencing, visual social attention and physiological reactivity to complex social scenes. Participants were autistic young adults (n = 14) and a control group of young adults (n = 14) without intellectual disability. Results indicate between-group differences i...

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Publicado en:	Journal of Autism & Developmental Disorders Vol. 52; no. 1; pp. 73 - 89
Autores principales:	Dindar, Katja, Loukusa, Soile, Helminen, Terhi M., Mäkinen, Leena, Siipo, Antti, Laukka, Seppo, Rantanen, Antti, Mattila, Marja-Leena, Hurtig, Tuula, Ebeling, Hanna
Formato:	pictorial research tables/charts Journal Article
Publicado:	Springer Nature Jan2022
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Sumario:	This study examined social-pragmatic inferencing, visual social attention and physiological reactivity to complex social scenes. Participants were autistic young adults (n = 14) and a control group of young adults (n = 14) without intellectual disability. Results indicate between-group differences in social-pragmatic inferencing, moment-level social attention and heart rate variability (HRV) reactivity. A key finding suggests associations between increased moment-level social attention to facial emotion expressions, better social-pragmatic inferencing and greater HRV suppression in autistic young adults. Supporting previous research, better social-pragmatic inferencing was found associated with less autistic traits.