Attend Less, Fear More: Elevated Distress to Social Threat in Toddlers With Autism Spectrum Disorder / Suzanne L. MACARI in Autism Research, 14-5 (May 2021)  

Public ISBD [article]  inAutism Research > 14-5 (May 2021) . - p.1025-1036 Titre : Attend Less, Fear More: Elevated Distress to Social Threat in Toddlers With Autism Spectrum Disorder Type de document : texte imprimé Auteurs : Suzanne L. MACARI, Auteur ; Angelina VERNETTI, Auteur ; Katarzyna CHAWARSKA, Auteur Article en page(s) : p.1025-1036 Langues : Anglais (eng) Mots-clés : attention  emotion regulation  emotional reactivity  social threat Index. décimale : PER Périodiques Résumé : Differential emotional reactivity to social and nonsocial stimuli has been hypothesized but rarely examined empirically in ASD despite its potential importance for development of social motivation, cognition, and comorbid psychopathology. This study examined emotional reactivity, regulation, and attention to social and nonsocial threat in toddlers with ASD (n = 42, M(age) : 22 months) and typically developing (TD) toddlers (n = 22, M(age) : 23 months), and their mutual associations with autism symptom severity. Participants were exposed to social (stranger), nonsocial (mechanical objects), and ambiguous (masks) threats, and their intensity of distress (iDistress), attention to threat (Attention), and presence of emotion regulation (ER) strategies were measured. Autism symptom severity was quantified using the Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule-2. In response to social threat, toddlers with ASD exhibited elevated iDistress (P < 0.038) but lower Attention (P < 0.002) and a wider variety of ER strategies (P < 0.040) compared to TD controls, though their ER strategies were less likely to be social. However, nonsocial and ambiguous threat elicited lower iDistress in ASD than in TD toddlers (P = 0.012 and P = 0.034, respectively), but comparable Attention and ER strategy use. Autism severity was not associated with iDistress. The study demonstrates elevated emotional salience but diminished attentional salience of social threat in ASD. A failure to attend adequately to social threats may restrict opportunities to appraise their threat value and engender often observed in ASD negative emotional responses to novel social situations. Early atypical emotional reactivity may independently contribute to the shaping of complex autism phenotypes and may be linked with later emerging affective and behavioral symptoms. LAY SUMMARY: Compared to typically developing toddlers, toddlers with ASD show diminished attention yet enhanced distress in response to social threat. Poor attention to potential social threat may limit opportunities to assess its threat value and thus contribute to often observed negative emotional responses to novel social situations. Identifying the precursors of atypical emotional reactivity in infancy and its links with later psychopathology will inform about novel treatment targets and mechanisms of change in the early stages of ASD. Autism Res 2021, 14: 1025-1036. © 2020 International Society for Autism Research, Wiley Periodicals, LLC. En ligne : http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/aur.2448 Permalink : https://www.cra-rhone-alpes.org/cid/opac_css/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=444 [article] Attend Less, Fear More: Elevated Distress to Social Threat in Toddlers With Autism Spectrum Disorder [texte imprimé] / Suzanne L. MACARI, Auteur ; Angelina VERNETTI, Auteur ; Katarzyna CHAWARSKA, Auteur . - p.1025-1036. Langues : Anglais (eng) in Autism Research > 14-5 (May 2021) . - p.1025-1036 Mots-clés : attention  emotion regulation  emotional reactivity  social threat Index. décimale : PER Périodiques Résumé : Differential emotional reactivity to social and nonsocial stimuli has been hypothesized but rarely examined empirically in ASD despite its potential importance for development of social motivation, cognition, and comorbid psychopathology. This study examined emotional reactivity, regulation, and attention to social and nonsocial threat in toddlers with ASD (n = 42, M(age) : 22 months) and typically developing (TD) toddlers (n = 22, M(age) : 23 months), and their mutual associations with autism symptom severity. Participants were exposed to social (stranger), nonsocial (mechanical objects), and ambiguous (masks) threats, and their intensity of distress (iDistress), attention to threat (Attention), and presence of emotion regulation (ER) strategies were measured. Autism symptom severity was quantified using the Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule-2. In response to social threat, toddlers with ASD exhibited elevated iDistress (P < 0.038) but lower Attention (P < 0.002) and a wider variety of ER strategies (P < 0.040) compared to TD controls, though their ER strategies were less likely to be social. However, nonsocial and ambiguous threat elicited lower iDistress in ASD than in TD toddlers (P = 0.012 and P = 0.034, respectively), but comparable Attention and ER strategy use. Autism severity was not associated with iDistress. The study demonstrates elevated emotional salience but diminished attentional salience of social threat in ASD. A failure to attend adequately to social threats may restrict opportunities to appraise their threat value and engender often observed in ASD negative emotional responses to novel social situations. Early atypical emotional reactivity may independently contribute to the shaping of complex autism phenotypes and may be linked with later emerging affective and behavioral symptoms. LAY SUMMARY: Compared to typically developing toddlers, toddlers with ASD show diminished attention yet enhanced distress in response to social threat. Poor attention to potential social threat may limit opportunities to assess its threat value and thus contribute to often observed negative emotional responses to novel social situations. Identifying the precursors of atypical emotional reactivity in infancy and its links with later psychopathology will inform about novel treatment targets and mechanisms of change in the early stages of ASD. Autism Res 2021, 14: 1025-1036. © 2020 International Society for Autism Research, Wiley Periodicals, LLC. En ligne : http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/aur.2448 Permalink : https://www.cra-rhone-alpes.org/cid/opac_css/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=444

Attention to audiovisual speech does not facilitate language acquisition in infants with familial history of autism / Katarzyna CHAWARSKA in Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 63-12 (December 2022)  

Public ISBD [article]  inJournal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry > 63-12 (December 2022) . - p.1466-1476 Titre : Attention to audiovisual speech does not facilitate language acquisition in infants with familial history of autism Type de document : texte imprimé Auteurs : Katarzyna CHAWARSKA, Auteur ; David LEWKOWICZ, Auteur ; Hannah FEINER, Auteur ; Suzanne L. MACARI, Auteur ; Angelina VERNETTI, Auteur Article en page(s) : p.1466-1476 Langues : Anglais (eng) Mots-clés : Infant  Child  Humans  Speech  Autistic Disorder  Genetic Predisposition to Disease  Language Development  Language Development Disorders  Autism Spectrum Disorder  Infancy  attention  audiovisual speech  autism  eye-tracking Index. décimale : PER Périodiques Résumé : BACKGROUND: Due to familial liability, siblings of children with ASD exhibit elevated risk for language delays. The processes contributing to language delays in this population remain unclear. METHODS: Considering well-established links between attention to dynamic audiovisual cues inherent in a speaker's face and speech processing, we investigated if attention to a speaker's face and mouth differs in 12-month-old infants at high familial risk for ASD but without ASD diagnosis (hr-sib; n=91) and in infants at low familial risk (lr-sib; n=62) for ASD and whether attention at 12 months predicts language outcomes at 18 months. RESULTS: At 12 months, hr-sib and lr-sib infants did not differ in attention to face (p = .14), mouth preference (p = .30), or in receptive and expressive language scores (p = .36, p = .33). At 18 months, the hr-sib infants had lower receptive (p = .01) but not expressive (p = .84) language scores than the lr-sib infants. In the lr-sib infants, greater attention to the face (p = .022) and a mouth preference (p = .025) contributed to better language outcomes at 18 months. In the hr-sib infants, neither attention to the face nor a mouth preference was associated with language outcomes at 18 months. CONCLUSIONS: Unlike low-risk infants, high-risk infants do not appear to benefit from audiovisual prosodic and speech cues in the service of language acquisition despite intact attention to these cues. We propose that impaired processing of audiovisual cues may constitute the link between genetic risk factors and poor language outcomes observed across the autism risk spectrum and may represent a promising endophenotype in autism. En ligne : http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jcpp.13595 Permalink : https://www.cra-rhone-alpes.org/cid/opac_css/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=490 [article] Attention to audiovisual speech does not facilitate language acquisition in infants with familial history of autism [texte imprimé] / Katarzyna CHAWARSKA, Auteur ; David LEWKOWICZ, Auteur ; Hannah FEINER, Auteur ; Suzanne L. MACARI, Auteur ; Angelina VERNETTI, Auteur . - p.1466-1476. Langues : Anglais (eng) in Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry > 63-12 (December 2022) . - p.1466-1476 Mots-clés : Infant  Child  Humans  Speech  Autistic Disorder  Genetic Predisposition to Disease  Language Development  Language Development Disorders  Autism Spectrum Disorder  Infancy  attention  audiovisual speech  autism  eye-tracking Index. décimale : PER Périodiques Résumé : BACKGROUND: Due to familial liability, siblings of children with ASD exhibit elevated risk for language delays. The processes contributing to language delays in this population remain unclear. METHODS: Considering well-established links between attention to dynamic audiovisual cues inherent in a speaker's face and speech processing, we investigated if attention to a speaker's face and mouth differs in 12-month-old infants at high familial risk for ASD but without ASD diagnosis (hr-sib; n=91) and in infants at low familial risk (lr-sib; n=62) for ASD and whether attention at 12 months predicts language outcomes at 18 months. RESULTS: At 12 months, hr-sib and lr-sib infants did not differ in attention to face (p = .14), mouth preference (p = .30), or in receptive and expressive language scores (p = .36, p = .33). At 18 months, the hr-sib infants had lower receptive (p = .01) but not expressive (p = .84) language scores than the lr-sib infants. In the lr-sib infants, greater attention to the face (p = .022) and a mouth preference (p = .025) contributed to better language outcomes at 18 months. In the hr-sib infants, neither attention to the face nor a mouth preference was associated with language outcomes at 18 months. CONCLUSIONS: Unlike low-risk infants, high-risk infants do not appear to benefit from audiovisual prosodic and speech cues in the service of language acquisition despite intact attention to these cues. We propose that impaired processing of audiovisual cues may constitute the link between genetic risk factors and poor language outcomes observed across the autism risk spectrum and may represent a promising endophenotype in autism. En ligne : http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jcpp.13595 Permalink : https://www.cra-rhone-alpes.org/cid/opac_css/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=490

Atypical Emotional Electrodermal Activity in Toddlers with Autism Spectrum Disorder / Angelina VERNETTI in Autism Research, 13-9 (September 2020)  

Public ISBD [article]  inAutism Research > 13-9 (September 2020) . - p.1476-1488 Titre : Atypical Emotional Electrodermal Activity in Toddlers with Autism Spectrum Disorder Type de document : texte imprimé Auteurs : Angelina VERNETTI, Auteur ; Frederick SHIC, Auteur ; Laura BOCCANFUSO, Auteur ; Suzanne L. MACARI, Auteur ; Finola KANE-GRADE, Auteur ; Anna MILGRAMM, Auteur ; Emily HILTON, Auteur ; Perrine HEYMANN, Auteur ; Matthew GOODWIN, Auteur ; Katarzyna CHAWARSKA, Auteur Article en page(s) : p.1476-1488 Langues : Anglais (eng) Index. décimale : PER Périodiques Résumé : Past studies in autism spectrum disorder (ASD) indicate atypical peripheral physiological arousal. However, the conditions under which these atypicalities arise and their link with behavioral emotional expressions and core ASD symptoms remain uncertain. Given the importance of physiological arousal in affective, learning, and cognitive processes, the current study examined changes in skin conductance level (ΔSCL) in 41 toddlers with ASD (mean age: 22.7 months, SD: 2.9) and 32 age-matched toddlers with typical development (TD) (mean age: 21.6 months, SD: 3.6) in response to probes designed to induce anger, joy, and fear emotions. The magnitude of ΔSCL was comparable during anger (P = 0.206, d = 0.30) and joy (P = 0.996, d = 0.01) conditions, but significantly lower during the fear condition (P = 0.001, d = 0.83) in toddlers with ASD compared to TD peers. In the combined samples, ΔSCL positively correlated with intensity of behavioral emotional expressivity during the anger (r[71] = 0.36, P = 0.002) and fear (r[68] = 0.32, P = 0.007) conditions, but not in the joy (r[69] = −0.15, P = 0.226) condition. Finally, ΔSCL did not associate with autism symptom severity in any emotion-eliciting condition in the ASD group. Toddlers with ASD displayed attenuated ΔSCL to situations aimed at eliciting fear, which may forecast the emergence of highly prevalent internalizing and externalizing problems in this population. The study putatively identifies ΔSCL as a dimension not associated with severity of autism but with behavioral responses in negatively emotionally challenging events and provides support for the feasibility, validity, and incipient utility of examining ΔSCL in response to emotional challenges in very young children. Lay Summary Physiological arousal was measured in toddlers with autism exposed to frustrating, pleasant, and threatening tasks. Compared to typically developing peers, toddlers with autism showed comparable arousal responses to frustrating and pleasant events, but lower responses to threatening events. Importantly, physiological arousal and behavioral expressions were aligned during frustrating and threatening events, inviting exploration of physiological arousal to measure responses to emotional challenges. Furthermore, this study advances the understanding of precursors to emotional and behavioral problems common in older children with autism. Autism Res 2020, 13: 1476–1488. © 2020 International Society for Autism Research, Wiley Periodicals, Inc. En ligne : http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/aur.2374 Permalink : https://www.cra-rhone-alpes.org/cid/opac_css/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=431 [article] Atypical Emotional Electrodermal Activity in Toddlers with Autism Spectrum Disorder [texte imprimé] / Angelina VERNETTI, Auteur ; Frederick SHIC, Auteur ; Laura BOCCANFUSO, Auteur ; Suzanne L. MACARI, Auteur ; Finola KANE-GRADE, Auteur ; Anna MILGRAMM, Auteur ; Emily HILTON, Auteur ; Perrine HEYMANN, Auteur ; Matthew GOODWIN, Auteur ; Katarzyna CHAWARSKA, Auteur . - p.1476-1488. Langues : Anglais (eng) in Autism Research > 13-9 (September 2020) . - p.1476-1488 Index. décimale : PER Périodiques Résumé : Past studies in autism spectrum disorder (ASD) indicate atypical peripheral physiological arousal. However, the conditions under which these atypicalities arise and their link with behavioral emotional expressions and core ASD symptoms remain uncertain. Given the importance of physiological arousal in affective, learning, and cognitive processes, the current study examined changes in skin conductance level (ΔSCL) in 41 toddlers with ASD (mean age: 22.7 months, SD: 2.9) and 32 age-matched toddlers with typical development (TD) (mean age: 21.6 months, SD: 3.6) in response to probes designed to induce anger, joy, and fear emotions. The magnitude of ΔSCL was comparable during anger (P = 0.206, d = 0.30) and joy (P = 0.996, d = 0.01) conditions, but significantly lower during the fear condition (P = 0.001, d = 0.83) in toddlers with ASD compared to TD peers. In the combined samples, ΔSCL positively correlated with intensity of behavioral emotional expressivity during the anger (r[71] = 0.36, P = 0.002) and fear (r[68] = 0.32, P = 0.007) conditions, but not in the joy (r[69] = −0.15, P = 0.226) condition. Finally, ΔSCL did not associate with autism symptom severity in any emotion-eliciting condition in the ASD group. Toddlers with ASD displayed attenuated ΔSCL to situations aimed at eliciting fear, which may forecast the emergence of highly prevalent internalizing and externalizing problems in this population. The study putatively identifies ΔSCL as a dimension not associated with severity of autism but with behavioral responses in negatively emotionally challenging events and provides support for the feasibility, validity, and incipient utility of examining ΔSCL in response to emotional challenges in very young children. Lay Summary Physiological arousal was measured in toddlers with autism exposed to frustrating, pleasant, and threatening tasks. Compared to typically developing peers, toddlers with autism showed comparable arousal responses to frustrating and pleasant events, but lower responses to threatening events. Importantly, physiological arousal and behavioral expressions were aligned during frustrating and threatening events, inviting exploration of physiological arousal to measure responses to emotional challenges. Furthermore, this study advances the understanding of precursors to emotional and behavioral problems common in older children with autism. Autism Res 2020, 13: 1476–1488. © 2020 International Society for Autism Research, Wiley Periodicals, Inc. En ligne : http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/aur.2374 Permalink : https://www.cra-rhone-alpes.org/cid/opac_css/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=431

Family history of psychiatric conditions and development of siblings of children with autism / Joseph T. CHANG ; Zeyan LIEW ; Angelina VERNETTI ; Suzanne L. MACARI ; Kelly POWELL ; Katarzyna CHAWARSKA in Autism Research, 17-8 (August 2024)  

Public ISBD [article]  inAutism Research > 17-8 (August 2024) . - p.1665-1676 Titre : Family history of psychiatric conditions and development of siblings of children with autism Type de document : texte imprimé Auteurs : Joseph T. CHANG, Auteur ; Zeyan LIEW, Auteur ; Angelina VERNETTI, Auteur ; Suzanne L. MACARI, Auteur ; Kelly POWELL, Auteur ; Katarzyna CHAWARSKA, Auteur Article en page(s) : p.1665-1676 Langues : Anglais (eng) Index. décimale : PER Périodiques Résumé : Abstract Younger siblings (SIBS) of children with autism exhibit a wide range of clinical and subclinical symptoms including social, cognitive, language, and adaptive functioning delays. Identifying factors linked with this phenotypic heterogeneity is essential for improving understanding of the underlying biology of the heterogenous outcomes and for early identification of the most vulnerable SIBS. Prevalence of neurodevelopmental (NDD) and neuropsychiatric disorders (NPD) is significantly elevated in families of children with autism. It remains unknown, however, if the family history associates with the developmental outcomes among the SIBS. We quantified history of the NDDs and NPDs commonly reported in families of children with autism using a parent interview and assessed autism symptoms, verbal, nonverbal, and adaptive skills in a sample of 229 SIBS. Multiple regression analyses were used to examine links between family history and phenotypic outcomes, whereas controlling for birth year, age, sex, demographics, and parental education. Results suggest that family history of schizophrenia, depression, anxiety, bipolar disorder, and intellectual disability associate robustly with dimensional measures of social affect, verbal and nonverbal IQ, and adaptive functioning in the SIBS. Considering family history of these disorders may improve efforts to predict long-term outcomes in younger siblings of children with autism and inform about familial factors contributing to high phenotypic heterogenetity in this cohort. En ligne : https://doi.org/10.1002/aur.3175 Permalink : https://www.cra-rhone-alpes.org/cid/opac_css/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=533 [article] Family history of psychiatric conditions and development of siblings of children with autism [texte imprimé] / Joseph T. CHANG, Auteur ; Zeyan LIEW, Auteur ; Angelina VERNETTI, Auteur ; Suzanne L. MACARI, Auteur ; Kelly POWELL, Auteur ; Katarzyna CHAWARSKA, Auteur . - p.1665-1676. Langues : Anglais (eng) in Autism Research > 17-8 (August 2024) . - p.1665-1676 Index. décimale : PER Périodiques Résumé : Abstract Younger siblings (SIBS) of children with autism exhibit a wide range of clinical and subclinical symptoms including social, cognitive, language, and adaptive functioning delays. Identifying factors linked with this phenotypic heterogeneity is essential for improving understanding of the underlying biology of the heterogenous outcomes and for early identification of the most vulnerable SIBS. Prevalence of neurodevelopmental (NDD) and neuropsychiatric disorders (NPD) is significantly elevated in families of children with autism. It remains unknown, however, if the family history associates with the developmental outcomes among the SIBS. We quantified history of the NDDs and NPDs commonly reported in families of children with autism using a parent interview and assessed autism symptoms, verbal, nonverbal, and adaptive skills in a sample of 229 SIBS. Multiple regression analyses were used to examine links between family history and phenotypic outcomes, whereas controlling for birth year, age, sex, demographics, and parental education. Results suggest that family history of schizophrenia, depression, anxiety, bipolar disorder, and intellectual disability associate robustly with dimensional measures of social affect, verbal and nonverbal IQ, and adaptive functioning in the SIBS. Considering family history of these disorders may improve efforts to predict long-term outcomes in younger siblings of children with autism and inform about familial factors contributing to high phenotypic heterogenetity in this cohort. En ligne : https://doi.org/10.1002/aur.3175 Permalink : https://www.cra-rhone-alpes.org/cid/opac_css/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=533

Puppets facilitate attention to social cues in children with ASD / Suzanne L. MACARI in Autism Research, 14-9 (September 2021)  

Public ISBD [article]  inAutism Research > 14-9 (September 2021) . - p.1975-1985 Titre : Puppets facilitate attention to social cues in children with ASD Type de document : texte imprimé Auteurs : Suzanne L. MACARI, Auteur ; Xinyuan CHEN, Auteur ; Ludivine BRUNISSEN, Auteur ; Eukyung YHANG, Auteur ; Emma BRENNAN-WYDRA, Auteur ; Angelina VERNETTI, Auteur ; Fred R. VOLKMAR, Auteur ; Jennifer CHANG, Auteur ; Katarzyna CHAWARSKA, Auteur Année de publication : 2021 Article en page(s) : p.1975-1985 Langues : Anglais (eng) Mots-clés : Autism Spectrum Disorder  Autistic Disorder  Child  Child, Preschool  Communication  Cues  Humans  attention  eye tracking  puppets Index. décimale : PER Périodiques Résumé : Diminished visual attention to faces of social partners represents one of the early characteristics of autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Here we examine if the introduction of puppets as social partners alters attention to speakers' faces in young children with ASD and typically developing (TD) controls. Children with ASD (N = 37; M(age)  = 49.44 months) and TD (N = 27; M(age)  = 40.66 months) viewed a video depicting a puppet and a human engaged in a conversation. Dwell time on these faces was analyzed as a function of group and speaker's identity. Unlike TD controls, the ASD group exhibited limited visual attention to and chance-level visual preference for the human speaker. However, attention to and preference for the puppet speaker's face was greater than chance and comparable across the two groups. While there was a strong association between low human speaker preference and high autism severity, no association with autism severity was found for puppet speaker preference. Unlike humans, expressive and verbal puppets attracted the attention of children with ASD at levels comparable to that of TD controls. Considering that puppets can engage in reciprocal interactions and deliver simplified, salient social-communicative cues, they may facilitate therapeutic efforts in children with ASD. LAY SUMMARY: While studies have shown support for therapeutic uses of robots with children with autism, other similar agents such as puppets remain to be explored. When shown a video of a conversation between a puppet and a person, young children with ASD paid as much attention to the puppet's face as typically-developing (TD) children. Since puppets can engage in back-and-forth interactions and model social interactions and communication, they may play a promising role in therapeutic efforts for young children with ASD. En ligne : http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/aur.2552 Permalink : https://www.cra-rhone-alpes.org/cid/opac_css/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=450 [article] Puppets facilitate attention to social cues in children with ASD [texte imprimé] / Suzanne L. MACARI, Auteur ; Xinyuan CHEN, Auteur ; Ludivine BRUNISSEN, Auteur ; Eukyung YHANG, Auteur ; Emma BRENNAN-WYDRA, Auteur ; Angelina VERNETTI, Auteur ; Fred R. VOLKMAR, Auteur ; Jennifer CHANG, Auteur ; Katarzyna CHAWARSKA, Auteur . - 2021 . - p.1975-1985. Langues : Anglais (eng) in Autism Research > 14-9 (September 2021) . - p.1975-1985 Mots-clés : Autism Spectrum Disorder  Autistic Disorder  Child  Child, Preschool  Communication  Cues  Humans  attention  eye tracking  puppets Index. décimale : PER Périodiques Résumé : Diminished visual attention to faces of social partners represents one of the early characteristics of autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Here we examine if the introduction of puppets as social partners alters attention to speakers' faces in young children with ASD and typically developing (TD) controls. Children with ASD (N = 37; M(age)  = 49.44 months) and TD (N = 27; M(age)  = 40.66 months) viewed a video depicting a puppet and a human engaged in a conversation. Dwell time on these faces was analyzed as a function of group and speaker's identity. Unlike TD controls, the ASD group exhibited limited visual attention to and chance-level visual preference for the human speaker. However, attention to and preference for the puppet speaker's face was greater than chance and comparable across the two groups. While there was a strong association between low human speaker preference and high autism severity, no association with autism severity was found for puppet speaker preference. Unlike humans, expressive and verbal puppets attracted the attention of children with ASD at levels comparable to that of TD controls. Considering that puppets can engage in reciprocal interactions and deliver simplified, salient social-communicative cues, they may facilitate therapeutic efforts in children with ASD. LAY SUMMARY: While studies have shown support for therapeutic uses of robots with children with autism, other similar agents such as puppets remain to be explored. When shown a video of a conversation between a puppet and a person, young children with ASD paid as much attention to the puppet's face as typically-developing (TD) children. Since puppets can engage in back-and-forth interactions and model social interactions and communication, they may play a promising role in therapeutic efforts for young children with ASD. En ligne : http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/aur.2552 Permalink : https://www.cra-rhone-alpes.org/cid/opac_css/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=450

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