Short report: Social processing in non-emotional contexts by children with and without autism spectrum disorders (ASD).

ABSTRACT:

Background

Children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) have been reported to show social-processing deficits in forced-choice social judgment or story interpretation tasks. However, these methods may limit examination of social-processing within a set of acceptable answers. In this pilot study, we propose a novel method predicated on the premise that language carries social information and validate this method to measure social perception in ASD.

Method

20 children with ASD and 20 typically developing (TD) children matched-pairwise on age (5-12 years), gender, and non-verbal IQ, described pictures of people in everyday situations varying on extent of social engagement. Their social language production was examined in high- and low-social picture conditions.

Results

SUBMITTER: Teh EJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10194980 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature