Electromyographic Responses to Emotional Facial Expressions in 6-7 Year Olds with Autism Spectrum Disorders.

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Title:	Electromyographic Responses to Emotional Facial Expressions in 6-7 Year Olds with Autism Spectrum Disorders.
Authors:	Deschamps, P., Coppes, L., Kenemans, J., Schutter, D., Matthys, W.
Source:	Journal of Autism & Developmental Disorders. Feb2015, Vol. 45 Issue 2, p354-362. 9p. 1 Black and White Photograph, 3 Charts, 2 Graphs.
Subjects:	Social skills, Analysis of variance, Autism, Electrodes, Electromyography, Emotions, Facial expression, Interviewing, Phenomenology, Motion pictures, Statistical hypothesis testing, T-test (Statistics), User interfaces, Data analysis software, Symptoms, Children
Abstract:	This study aimed to examine facial mimicry in 6-7 year old children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and to explore whether facial mimicry was related to the severity of impairment in social responsiveness. Facial electromyographic activity in response to angry, fearful, sad and happy facial expressions was recorded in twenty 6-7 year old children with ASD and twenty-seven typically developing children. Even though results did not show differences in facial mimicry between children with ASD and typically developing children, impairment in social responsiveness was significantly associated with reduced fear mimicry in children with ASD. These findings demonstrate normal mimicry in children with ASD as compared to healthy controls, but that in children with ASD the degree of impairments in social responsiveness may be associated with reduced sensitivity to distress signals. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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Abstract:	This study aimed to examine facial mimicry in 6-7 year old children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and to explore whether facial mimicry was related to the severity of impairment in social responsiveness. Facial electromyographic activity in response to angry, fearful, sad and happy facial expressions was recorded in twenty 6-7 year old children with ASD and twenty-seven typically developing children. Even though results did not show differences in facial mimicry between children with ASD and typically developing children, impairment in social responsiveness was significantly associated with reduced fear mimicry in children with ASD. These findings demonstrate normal mimicry in children with ASD as compared to healthy controls, but that in children with ASD the degree of impairments in social responsiveness may be associated with reduced sensitivity to distress signals. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
ISSN:	01623257
DOI:	10.1007/s10803-013-1890-z