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The Effect of Verbalization on the Face Perception of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder

Kim, Minje
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1557151799070113

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2019, Master of Arts, Ohio State University, Psychology.
The purpose of this study was to examine whether giving verbal description of the face can enhance the face recognition ability of individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). Participants in the current study were 18 individuals with ASD and 18 typically developing individuals (TD) with their full-scale IQ and age matched. The computerized experiment, which consisted of three experimental conditions, was conducted. Participants were exposed to three experimental conditions for a minute in a counterbalance order: 1) verbalization: giving verbal descriptions of the target faces 2) Navon: reporting global letters of the Navon stimuli 3) control: watching the video clip of a man riding a snowboard. The results showed a significant interaction effect between groups and conditions. Further analysis revealed that individuals with ASD reported higher accuracy in discriminating targets in the verbalization and Navon conditions than in the control condition. This result suggests that the face recognition ability of the individuals with ASD can be enhanced via verbal description of the face. Clinical implication and limitation of the study are further discussed.
Marc Tassé (Advisor)
Luc Lecavalier (Committee Member)
Susan Havercamp (Committee Member)
49 p.
Psychology
autism spectrum disorder; face perception; face recognition; verbalization

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  • Kim, M. (2019). The Effect of Verbalization on the Face Perception of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder [Master's thesis, Ohio State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1557151799070113

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Kim, Minje. The Effect of Verbalization on the Face Perception of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder. 2019. Ohio State University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1557151799070113.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Kim, Minje. "The Effect of Verbalization on the Face Perception of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder." Master's thesis, Ohio State University, 2019. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1557151799070113

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