Reduced engagement of visual attention in children with autism spectrum disorder / C. S. MCLAUGHLIN in Autism, 25-7 (October 2021)  

Public ISBD [article]  inAutism > 25-7 (October 2021) . - p.2064-2073 Titre : Reduced engagement of visual attention in children with autism spectrum disorder Type de document : Texte imprimé et/ou numérique Auteurs : C. S. MCLAUGHLIN, Auteur ; H. E. GROSMAN, Auteur ; S. B. GUILLORY, Auteur ; E. L. ISENSTEIN, Auteur ; E. WILKINSON, Auteur ; M. D. P. TRELLES, Auteur ; Danielle B. HALPERN, Auteur ; P. M. SIPER, Auteur ; A. KOLEVZON, Auteur ; Joseph D. BUXBAUM, Auteur ; A. Ting WANG, Auteur ; J. H. FOSS-FEIG, Auteur Article en page(s) : p.2064-2073 Langues : Anglais (eng) Mots-clés : Autism Spectrum Disorder  Child  Humans  Nonverbal Communication  autism spectrum disorders  eye-tracking  gap effect  saccade  social  visual attention Index. décimale : PER Périodiques Résumé : Limited eye contact and difficulty tracking where others are looking are common in people with autism spectrum disorder. It is unclear, however, whether these are specifically social differences; it is possible that they are a result of broader alterations in engaging and disengaging visual attention. We used eye-tracking technology with children with autism spectrum disorder (n = 35) and typical development (n = 32), showing them both social and nonsocial imaging to test their visual attention. Children with autism spectrum disorder had a significant difference in how long it took them to look from an image in the middle to one on the side, depending on whether the middle image stayed on the screen or flashed off before the one on the side appeared. This difference was present for both social and nonsocial images, and was related to cognitive ability for only the children with autism spectrum disorder. Our findings suggest that children with autism spectrum disorder have differences in general processes of engaging visual attention that are not specifically social in nature, and that these processes may relate to cognitive ability in autism spectrum disorder. Affected processes of visual engagement in autism spectrum disorder may contribute to symptoms like reduced eye contact, but social-specific symptoms of autism spectrum disorder likely do not stem from reduced visual engagement alone. En ligne : http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/13623613211010072 Permalink : https://www.cra-rhone-alpes.org/cid/opac_css/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=451 [article] Reduced engagement of visual attention in children with autism spectrum disorder [Texte imprimé et/ou numérique] / C. S. MCLAUGHLIN, Auteur ; H. E. GROSMAN, Auteur ; S. B. GUILLORY, Auteur ; E. L. ISENSTEIN, Auteur ; E. WILKINSON, Auteur ; M. D. P. TRELLES, Auteur ; Danielle B. HALPERN, Auteur ; P. M. SIPER, Auteur ; A. KOLEVZON, Auteur ; Joseph D. BUXBAUM, Auteur ; A. Ting WANG, Auteur ; J. H. FOSS-FEIG, Auteur . - p.2064-2073. Langues : Anglais (eng) in Autism > 25-7 (October 2021) . - p.2064-2073 Mots-clés : Autism Spectrum Disorder  Child  Humans  Nonverbal Communication  autism spectrum disorders  eye-tracking  gap effect  saccade  social  visual attention Index. décimale : PER Périodiques Résumé : Limited eye contact and difficulty tracking where others are looking are common in people with autism spectrum disorder. It is unclear, however, whether these are specifically social differences; it is possible that they are a result of broader alterations in engaging and disengaging visual attention. We used eye-tracking technology with children with autism spectrum disorder (n = 35) and typical development (n = 32), showing them both social and nonsocial imaging to test their visual attention. Children with autism spectrum disorder had a significant difference in how long it took them to look from an image in the middle to one on the side, depending on whether the middle image stayed on the screen or flashed off before the one on the side appeared. This difference was present for both social and nonsocial images, and was related to cognitive ability for only the children with autism spectrum disorder. Our findings suggest that children with autism spectrum disorder have differences in general processes of engaging visual attention that are not specifically social in nature, and that these processes may relate to cognitive ability in autism spectrum disorder. Affected processes of visual engagement in autism spectrum disorder may contribute to symptoms like reduced eye contact, but social-specific symptoms of autism spectrum disorder likely do not stem from reduced visual engagement alone. En ligne : http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/13623613211010072 Permalink : https://www.cra-rhone-alpes.org/cid/opac_css/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=451

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