Language laterality, handedness and empathy in a sample of parents of children with autism spectrum disorder

  1. Martínez Sanchís, Sonia
  2. Bernal Santacreu, Chelo
  3. Cortés Sancho, Rosa
  4. Gadea Doménech, Marien
Zeitschrift:
Psicothema

ISSN: 0214-9915

Datum der Publikation: 2014

Ausgabe: 26

Nummer: 1

Seiten: 17-20

Art: Artikel

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Zusammenfassung

Antecedentes: algunos familiares de primer orden de personas con trastornos del espectro autista (TEA) exhiben un patrón de funcionamiento cognitivo que forma parte del llamado fenotipo ampliado de autismo (FAA). Método: el objetivo de este estudio consiste en evaluar si algunos aspectos neuropsicológicos relacionados con un FAA están presentes en progenitores de niños y niñas con TEA. Para ello, se realizó una prueba de escucha dicótica libre, se detectó la preferencia manual y se obtuvo el Cociente de Empatía (CE-60). Resultados: los resultados sitúan a la muestra total dentro de parámetros similares a los de la población general, aunque algunos datos de la escucha dicótica revelaron diferencias según el género. Contrariamente a lo esperado, en el subgrupo de padres los datos de ambos oídos no correlacionaron significativamente, lo que revelaría falta de interdependencia hemisférica. Conclusiones: nuestros resultados apoyan la posible existencia de cierta vulnerabilidad genética a un patrón anómalo de lateralización hemisférica del lenguaje. Por tanto, factores epigenéticos por determinar podrían estar incidiendo sobre un genotipo vulnerable en las personas con TEA. No obstante, la presente investigación ha de considerarse un estudio piloto debido al tamaño de la muestra.

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