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  • Title: Understanding emotional transfer in children with autism spectrum disorders.
    Author: Begeer S, Terwogt MM, Rieffe C, Stegge H, Olthof T, Koot HM.
    Journal: Autism; 2010 Nov; 14(6):629-40. PubMed ID: 20923895.
    Abstract:
    The present study examined the understanding of emotional transfer in 11 children with autism, 20 children with PDD-NOS and 31 typically developing children, aged 6 to 12 years. Children were asked about their emotional responses to successive, conflicting emotional situations. All children reported that preceding emotional situations would influence their emotional response towards a successive situation. Children from the typically developing group reported a stronger influence of preceding negative versus positive emotions. However, children with autism reported equal effects of preceding positive and negative emotions, and children with PDD-NOS were relatively unaffected by the preceding emotions. These findings may indicate a scripted understanding of emotions in children with autism in contrast to a more personalized understanding of typically developing children.
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