@misc{10481/74127,
year = {2022},
month = {2},
url = {http://hdl.handle.net/10481/74127},
abstract = {Background.We investigated whether individuals with high levels of autistic traits integrate
relevant communicative signals, such as facial expression, when decoding eye-gaze direction. Methods.
Students with high vs. low scores on the Autism Spectrum Quotient (AQ) performed a task in
which they responded to the eye directions of faces, presented on the left or the right side of a
screen, portraying different emotional expressions. Results. In both groups, the identification of gaze
direction was faster when the eyes were directed towards the center of the scene. However, in the
low AQ group, this effect was larger for happy faces than for neutral faces or faces showing other
emotional expressions, whereas participants from high AQ group were not affected by emotional
expressions. Conclusions. These results suggest that individuals with more autistic traits may not
integrate multiple communicative signals based on their emotional value.},
organization = {Spanish Government	PID2020-114790GB-I00},
organization = {Andalusian Council},
organization = {European Commission	B-SEJ-572-UGR20},
organization = {German Research Foundation (DFG)	FPU16/07124},
publisher = {MDPI},
keywords = {Eye-gaze},
keywords = {Emotional expression},
keywords = {Autistic traits},
keywords = {Congruency effect},
title = {Integration of Facial Expression and Gaze Direction in Individuals with a High Level of Autistic Traits},
doi = {10.3390/ijerph19052798},
author = {Marotta, Andrea and Aranda Martín, María Belén and De Cono, Marco and Ballesteros Duperon, María Ángeles and Lupiáñez Castillo, Juan},
}