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Schwartz, Caroline, Dratsch, Thomas, Vogeley, Kai and Bente, Gary (2014). Brief Report: Impression Formation in High-Functioning Autism: Role of Nonverbal Behavior and Stereotype Activating Information. J. Autism Dev. Disord., 44 (7). S. 1759 - 1766. NEW YORK: SPRINGER/PLENUM PUBLISHERS. ISSN 1573-3432

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Abstract

Little is known about whether stereotypes influence social judgments of autistic individuals, in particular when they compete with tacit face-to-face cues. We compared impression formation of 17 subjects with high-functioning autism (HFA) and 17 age-, gender- and IQ-matched controls. Information about the profession of a job applicant served as stereotype activating information. The target person's nonverbal behavior was presented as a computer animation showing two virtual characters in interaction. Contrary to our hypothesis, HFA participants were as sensitive to nonverbal cues as controls. Moreover, HFA showed a tendency to evaluate persons more positively. This might indicate a routine HFA apply in impression formation in order to compensate for their deficit in intuitive understanding of nonverbal communication cues.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID ORCID Put Code Schwartz, Caroline UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Dratsch, Thomas UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Vogeley, Kai UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Bente, Gary UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED
URN:	urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-434793
DOI:	10.1007/s10803-013-2021-6
Journal or Publication Title:	J. Autism Dev. Disord.
Volume:	44
Number:	7
Page Range:	S. 1759 - 1766
Date:	2014
Publisher:	SPRINGER/PLENUM PUBLISHERS
Place of Publication:	NEW YORK
ISSN:	1573-3432
Language:	English
Faculty:	Unspecified
Divisions:	Unspecified
Subjects:	no entry
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Keywords Language ASPERGER-SYNDROME; PERCEPTION Multiple languages Psychology, Developmental Multiple languages
URI:	http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/43479