Journal Article

Trustworthiness and Dominance Personality Traits’ Judgments in Adults with Autism Spectrum Disorder

Leboyer, Marion, Fernandez, Laura Gabriela, Latimier, Alice, Zalla, Tiziana, Kovarski, Klara, Peyre, Hugo, Gras, Doriane

2019

Overview

Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is characterized by impairments in social functioning, communication, and by the presence of repetitive behaviours and restricted interests. Abnormal processing of faces has also been described as a neuropsychological feature of ASD. We investigated the ability to judge two personality traits in adults with ASD in comparison to typically developed adults (TD). We used an eye tracking device to investigate the exploration of faces when participants judged the degree of trustworthiness and dominance of synthetic faces. In sum, we found that adults with ASD were as capable as TD adults to judge personality traits of face trustworthiness and dominance, which relied on similar exploration of the synthetic faces in the two populations.

• Publisher: Springer US,Springer,Springer Nature B.V,Springer Verlag
• Subject: Adult / Adults / Autism / Autism Spectrum Disorder - physiopathology / Autism Spectrum Disorder - psychology / Autism Spectrum Disorders / Autistic adults / Behavioral Science and Psychology / Case-Control Studies / Child and School Psychology / Cognitive science / Communication / Court decisions / Credibility / Cues / Development and progression / Diagnosis / Dominance / Dominance (Psychology) / Evaluation / Evaluative Thinking / Eye Movements / Eye Movements - physiology / Eye tracking / Female / Humans / Inferences / Judgment / Male / Meta Analysis / NCT / NCT02628808 / Neuropsychology / Neurosciences / Nonverbal Communication / Original Paper / Pediatrics / Personality / Personality Assessment / Personality Traits / Pervasive Developmental Disorders / Psychology / Public Health / Reliability / Repetitive behaviour / Social Characteristics / Social Cognition / Social Environment / Social functioning / Stimuli / Tracking / Trust (Psychology) / Visual Perception / Young Adult / Young Children