Complex Emotional Recognition In Children With Autism Summary
NAME
Shauna Odum
DATE OF SUBMISSION
March 30, 2017
JOURNAL REFERENCE
Fridenson-Hayo, S., Berggren, S., Lassalle, A., Tal, S., Pigat, D., Bölte, S., . . . Golan, O. (2016).
Basic and complex emotion recognition in children with autism: cross-cultural findings. Molecular Autism, 7(1). doi:10.1186/s13229-016-0113-9
SUMMARY OF FINDINGS This study aimed to compare the recognition of both complex and basic emotions in children with high-functioning autism spectrum disorders (ASD) and in typically developing (TD) children. This study was completed in three different countries - Israel, Great Britain, and Sweden - to also compare the recognition of these emotions cross-culturally. ASD is a disorder in which people have social challenges, including …show more content…
Location at which the battery was administered differed between the countries in which the battery took place. In Britain, some meetings took place at the participant’s home, and others took place at the Autism Research Centre in Cambridge. In Israel, all of the meetings occurred at the participant’s home, while all meetings in Sweden occurred at the clinical research department KIND. All children took the battery individually, with the instructions, questions, and possible answers all read aloud to the children. If the children did not understand one of the possible answers, they were given a sheet explaining this emotion to the participant. The participants could take as long as they liked to answer the question, but the clip was only played once. The battery in its entirety took anywhere from 1.5 to 2.4 hours, including …show more content…
This study went even further than many in the past have, showing that these deficiencies exist cross-culturally. Information found in this study can help in future research into ASD, and potentially even helping assist people with ASD to acclimate well to their surroundings. Autism has always been a fascinating subject to me, mainly due to the fact that I know many people living with both minor and more major types of ASD. This study helped to show me some of the ways that people with ASD see the world in a different way. One limitation of this study is that it was only conducted in western countries. This means that there could be a difference between TD people and people with ASD in countries that are less developed. This study also did not have many female participants, due to the low number of females that are diagnosed with ASD. The battery was also administered in slightly different ways from one site to the next. For example, many participants in Israel and Britain were given the battery at their homes, while others took the battery in a lab setting. A standardized testing environment was maintained as well as possible, so it is unlikely that this had an effect on the scores of participants. However, it is still possible that this could have slightly skewed the
Shauna Odum
DATE OF SUBMISSION
March 30, 2017
JOURNAL REFERENCE
Fridenson-Hayo, S., Berggren, S., Lassalle, A., Tal, S., Pigat, D., Bölte, S., . . . Golan, O. (2016).
Basic and complex emotion recognition in children with autism: cross-cultural findings. Molecular Autism, 7(1). doi:10.1186/s13229-016-0113-9
SUMMARY OF FINDINGS This study aimed to compare the recognition of both complex and basic emotions in children with high-functioning autism spectrum disorders (ASD) and in typically developing (TD) children. This study was completed in three different countries - Israel, Great Britain, and Sweden - to also compare the recognition of these emotions cross-culturally. ASD is a disorder in which people have social challenges, including …show more content…
Location at which the battery was administered differed between the countries in which the battery took place. In Britain, some meetings took place at the participant’s home, and others took place at the Autism Research Centre in Cambridge. In Israel, all of the meetings occurred at the participant’s home, while all meetings in Sweden occurred at the clinical research department KIND. All children took the battery individually, with the instructions, questions, and possible answers all read aloud to the children. If the children did not understand one of the possible answers, they were given a sheet explaining this emotion to the participant. The participants could take as long as they liked to answer the question, but the clip was only played once. The battery in its entirety took anywhere from 1.5 to 2.4 hours, including …show more content…
This study went even further than many in the past have, showing that these deficiencies exist cross-culturally. Information found in this study can help in future research into ASD, and potentially even helping assist people with ASD to acclimate well to their surroundings. Autism has always been a fascinating subject to me, mainly due to the fact that I know many people living with both minor and more major types of ASD. This study helped to show me some of the ways that people with ASD see the world in a different way. One limitation of this study is that it was only conducted in western countries. This means that there could be a difference between TD people and people with ASD in countries that are less developed. This study also did not have many female participants, due to the low number of females that are diagnosed with ASD. The battery was also administered in slightly different ways from one site to the next. For example, many participants in Israel and Britain were given the battery at their homes, while others took the battery in a lab setting. A standardized testing environment was maintained as well as possible, so it is unlikely that this had an effect on the scores of participants. However, it is still possible that this could have slightly skewed the