Comparação entre respostas cognitivas e fisiológicas no reconhecimento de emoções básicas e complexas em adultos com TEA de alto funcionamento

• Ano de defesa: 2020
• Autor(a) principal: Santos, Érica Garisto Rocha dos [UNIFESP]
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Tipo de acesso: Acesso aberto
• Idioma: por
• Instituição de defesa: Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP)
• Palavras-chave em Português: Autistic Spectrum Disorder; Cognition; Emotions; Empathy; Autonomic Nervous System; Transtorno do Espectro Autista; Cognição; Emoções; Empatia; Sistema Nervoso Autônomo
• Link de acesso: https://sucupira.capes.gov.br/sucupira/public/consultas/coleta/trabalhoConclusao/viewTrabalhoConclusao.xhtml?popup=true&id_trabalho=9320786; https://repositorio.unifesp.br/handle/11600/58770

Objective: This study aims to investigate aspects related to differences between cognitive and physiological responses and between basic and complex emotions in Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). ASD is characterized by deficits in social cognition, including difficulties in recognizing emotions. Method: In this study, 20 adults with high functioning ASD and 19 controls performed a battery of tests that consisted of: WASI; IRI empathy assessment scale; Basic Emotion Identification test developed for research using the KDEF database; adaptation of the Cambridge Mindreading Face-Voice Battery for Children test; and Prosody Identification test developed for research; measurements of beats per minute (BPM) and eye tracking were collected during all tasks. The data were analyzed using Generalized Estimating Equation, logistic regression and nonparametric tests. Results: The TEA group performed worse than the controls in recognizing facial emotions, both basic and complex, and atypical eye tracking. Prosody recognition, however, did not differ from controls in congruent conditions and without an emotional context. Increased BPM occurred in all tasks, as well in rest state. Conclusion: Results are within the scope of the hypothesis of empathic imbalance in TEA.