درمان تصویری و شناخت اجتماعی در کودکان و نوجوانان با ویژگی های اوتیستیک

Autism is characterized by major difficulties in the social interaction and communication domains. Recent studies suggest that deficits in social information processing could contribute to the expression of autistic traits, as regards communication and socialization skills. The objective of our study with children and adolescents manifesting autistic traits is to examine the characteristics of visual information processing whilst viewing social scenes, in order to evaluate the relationship between autistic trait expression and deficits in processing socially salient information. Our results suggest that children and adolescents presenting autistic traits show patterns of visual processing of social information that are comparable to those observed in adults with autism. These results are discussed from the standpoint of developmental cognitive psychopathology.