Social-Pragmatic Inferencing, Visual Social Attention and Physiological Reactivity to Complex Social Scenes in Autistic Young Adults
Dindar, Katja; Loukusa, Soile; Helminen, Terhi M.; Mäkinen, Leena; Siipo, Antti; Laukka, Seppo; Rantanen, Antti; Mattila, Marja Leena; Hurtig, Tuula; Ebeling, Hanna (2022)
Dindar, Katja
Loukusa, Soile
Helminen, Terhi M.
Mäkinen, Leena
Siipo, Antti
Laukka, Seppo
Rantanen, Antti
Mattila, Marja Leena
Hurtig, Tuula
Ebeling, Hanna
2022
Julkaisun pysyvä osoite on
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:tuni-202106075727
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:tuni-202106075727
Kuvaus
Peer reviewed
Tiivistelmä
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.
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- TUNICRIS-julkaisut [16983]