DÉFICIT DEL PROCESAMIENTO FACIAL EN LOS TRASTORNOS DEL ESPECTRO AUTISTA: CAUSA O CONSECUENCIA DEL IMPEDIMENTO SOCIAL
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Ajayu
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El autismo es un trastorno caracterizado por un funcionamiento cognitivo anormal principalmente en la comunicación y la interacción social. Aunque aun se sabe muy poco sobre la patología de los procesos subyacentes a este déficit, en distintos estudios se ha observado que el déficit social que presentan estos sujetos suele ir acompañado de dificultades en el procesamiento de rostros. Diferentes autores sugieren que la amígdala junto a otras estructuras cerebrales responsables del procesamiento facial y emocional estarían funcionando inadecuadamente en esta población y que existiría una estrecha relación entre los déficits en el comportamiento social y comunicacional y el procesamiento facial. Por este motivo, en el presente trabajo se pretende realizar una revisión de las manifestaciones clínicas que presentan distintos sujetos con diagnostico de autismo evaluados en diversos estudios científicos. Además, revisaremos los modelos teóricos que pretenden explicar el déficit del procesamiento facial y su relación con el inadecuado funcionamiento social y comunicacional de las personas autistas.
Autism is a disorder characterized by an abnormal cognitive functioning mainly in communicative skills and social interaction. Although, not much is known about the underlying pathology, in several studies it has been observed that social disorders occur along with difficulties in facial processing. Different authors suggest that amygdale and other brain structures responsible for face and emotional processing would be working inappropriately in this population and it may exist a tight relationship between social-behavioral and communicative deficits and face processing. For this reason, the following work pretends to review the clinical manifestations presented by autistic subjects that were assessed in diverse scientific studies. Besides, we will review the theoretical models that pretend to explain facial processing deficits and its relationship with the inappropriate social and communicative functioning in autism.
Autism is a disorder characterized by an abnormal cognitive functioning mainly in communicative skills and social interaction. Although, not much is known about the underlying pathology, in several studies it has been observed that social disorders occur along with difficulties in facial processing. Different authors suggest that amygdale and other brain structures responsible for face and emotional processing would be working inappropriately in this population and it may exist a tight relationship between social-behavioral and communicative deficits and face processing. For this reason, the following work pretends to review the clinical manifestations presented by autistic subjects that were assessed in diverse scientific studies. Besides, we will review the theoretical models that pretend to explain facial processing deficits and its relationship with the inappropriate social and communicative functioning in autism.
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Vol. 10, No. 1
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TEA, Déficit del procesamiento facial, Coherencia Central Débil, Cerebro Emocional, Pericia para los rostros, ASD, face processing deficit, Weak Central Coherence, Emotional Brain, Face expertise, TEA, déficit de processamento facial, coerência central fraca, cérebro emocional, expertise para rostos