Emotional Responses to Odors in Children with High-Functioning Autism: Autonomic Arousal, Facial Behavior and Self-Report

Autor/inn/en	Legisa, Jasna; Messinger, Daniel S.; Kermol, Enzo; Marlier, Luc
Titel	Emotional Responses to Odors in Children with High-Functioning Autism: Autonomic Arousal, Facial Behavior and Self-Report
Quelle	In: Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 43 (2013) 4, S.869-879 (11 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0162-3257
DOI	10.1007/s10803-012-1629-2
Schlagwörter	Autism; Nonverbal Communication; Emotional Response; Olfactory Perception; Pervasive Developmental Disorders; Emotional Problems; Children; Early Adolescents; Comparative Analysis + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Autismus; Non-verbal communication; Nonverbale Kommunikation; Emotionales Verhalten; Child; Kind; Kinder
Abstract	Although emotional functioning is impaired in children with autism, it is unclear if this impairment is due to difficulties with facial expression, autonomic responsiveness, or the verbal description of emotional states. To shed light on this issue, we examined responses to pleasant and unpleasant odors in eight children (8-14 years) with high-functioning autism and 8 age-matched typically developing controls. Despite subtle differences in the facial actions of the children with autism, children in both groups had similar facial and autonomic emotional responses to the odors. However, children with autism were less likely than controls to report an emotional reaction to the odors that matched their facial expression, suggesting difficulties in the self report of emotional states. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10