학술논문
Social-Pragmatic Inferencing, Visual Social Attention and Physiological Reactivity to Complex Social Scenes in Autistic Young Adults
Document Type
Journal Articles
Reports - Research
Reports - Research
Author
Dindar, Katja (ORCID 0000-0002-0562-6438 ); Loukusa, Soile; Helminen, Terhi M.; Mäkinen, Leena; Siipo, Antti; Laukka, Seppo; Rantanen, Antti; Mattila, Marja-Leena; Hurtig, Tuula; Ebeling, Hanna
Source
Subject
Language
English
ISSN
0162-3257
Abstract
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.