Social Cognition in Down Syndrome: Face Tuning in Face-Like Non-Face Images.

ABSTRACT: Individuals with Down syndrome (DS) are widely believed to possess considerable socialization strengths. However, the findings on social cognition capabilities are controversial. In the present study, we investigated whether individuals with DS exhibit shortage in face tuning, one of the indispensable components of social cognition. For this purpose, we implemented a recently developed Face-n-Food paradigm with food-plate images composed of food ingredients such as fruits and vegetables. The key benefit of such face-like non-face images is that single elements do not facilitate face processing. In a spontaneous recognition task, 25 children with DS aged 9 to 18 years were presented with a set of Face-n-Food images bordering on the Giuseppe Arcimboldo style. The set of images was administer

SUBMITTER: Pavlova MA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6305370 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature