Human versus Non-Human Face Processing: Evidence from Williams Syndrome

Autor/inn/en	Santos, Andreia; Rosset, Delphine; Deruelle, Christine
Titel	Human versus Non-Human Face Processing: Evidence from Williams Syndrome
Quelle	In: Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 39 (2009) 11, S.1552-1559 (8 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0162-3257
DOI	10.1007/s10803-009-0789-1
Schlagwörter	Cues; Nonverbal Communication; Cartoons; Disabilities; Genetic Disorders; Visual Stimuli; Cognitive Processes; Visual Perception; Emotional Response; Comparative Analysis + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Stichwort; Non-verbal communication; Nonverbale Kommunikation; Zeichentrickfilm; Handicap; Behinderung; Cognitive process; Kognitiver Prozess; Visuelle Wahrnehmung; Emotionales Verhalten
Abstract	Increased motivation towards social stimuli in Williams syndrome (WS) led us to hypothesize that a face's human status would have greater impact than face's orientation on WS' face processing abilities. Twenty-nine individuals with WS were asked to categorize facial emotion expressions in real, human cartoon and non-human cartoon faces presented upright and inverted. When compared to both chronological and mental age-matched controls, WS participants were able to categorize emotions from human, but not from non-human faces. The use of different perceptual strategies to process human and non-human faces could not explain this dissociation. Rather, the findings suggest an increased sensitivity to socially relevant cues, such as human facial features, possibly related to the hallmark feature of WS--hypersociability. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10