为什么患有孤独症的儿童不敢直视他人,哪怕是自己的父母或老师?美国科学家的一项新研究发现,这是因为他们大脑中一个特殊区域,会把别人的脸部判断成带有威胁性的信号,从而引起过度反应。孤独症是儿童中最常见的精神疾患,患病儿童与他人存在交流障碍。不敢凝视他人的脸或与他人发生目光接触,是儿童孤独症的明显症状。美国威斯康星大学研究人员在新一期《自然神经科学》上发表论文说,他们同时追踪儿童的眼球运动和大脑各区域活动,结果发现,当患有孤独症的儿童注视别人的脸时,大脑中负责判断外来威胁性视觉信号的杏仁核区 Why children with autism can not look directly at others, even their own parents or teachers? A new study by American scientists found that this is because a special area of ​​their brain will judge others’ faces with Threatening signals, causing overreaction. Autism is the most common mental disorder in children, and the affected child has an obstacle to communication with others. Not staring at others’ faces or eye contact with others is a clear symptom of autism in children. University of Wisconsin researchers in a new issue of “natural neuroscience” published a paper that they also track children’s eye movements and brain regions and activities, found that, when children with autism, looking at the face of others, the brain The amygdala responsible for judging alien threatening visual signals