چکیده (انگلیسی):

Impairment in the ability to detect certain emotions, such as
fear, is linked to multiple disorders and follows a pattern of interindividual
variability and intra-individual stability over time. Deficits in
fear recognition are often related to social and interpersonal difficulties
but the mechanisms by which this processing deficit might occur are not
well understood. One potential mechanism through which impaired fear
detection may influence social competency is through diminished
perspective-taking, the ability to perceive and consider the point of view
of another individual. In the current study, we hypothesized that intraindividual
variability in the accuracy of facial emotion recognition is
linked to perspective-taking abilities in a well-characterized, non-clinical
adult sample. Results indicated that the ability to accurately detect fear
in the faces of others was positively correlated with perspective-taking,
consistent with initial hypotheses. This relationship appeared to be
unique to recognition of fear, as perspective-taking was not significantly
associated with recognition of the other basic emotions. Results from
this study represent an initial step towards establishing a potential
mechanism between some processes of FER and perspective-taking
difficulties. It is important to establish the relationship between these
processes in a non-clinical adult sample so that we can consider the
possibility of a developmental or pathological influence of impoverished
perspective-taking on fear perception.