Brief Report: Lack of Processing Bias for the Objects Other People Attend to in 3-Year-Olds with Autism

Autor/inn/en	Falck-Ytter, Terje; Thorup, Emilia; Bölte, Sven
Titel	Brief Report: Lack of Processing Bias for the Objects Other People Attend to in 3-Year-Olds with Autism
Quelle	In: Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 45 (2015) 6, S.1897-1904 (8 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0162-3257
DOI	10.1007/s10803-014-2278-4
Schlagwörter	Young Children; Autism; Pervasive Developmental Disorders; Eye Movements; Attention; Cognitive Processes; Comparative Analysis; Developmental Delays; Bias; Cognitive Ability + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Frühe Kindheit; Autismus; Augenbewegung; Aufmerksamkeit; Cognitive process; Kognitiver Prozess; Entwicklungsverzögerung; Denkfähigkeit
Abstract	Whether gaze following--a key component of joint attention--is impaired in children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is currently debated. Functional gaze following involves saccading towards the attended rather than unattended targets (accuracy) as well as a subsequent processing bias for attended objects. Using non-invasive eye tracking technology, we show that gaze following accuracy is intact in intellectually low-functioning 3-year-olds with ASD. However, analyses of the duration of first fixations at the objects in the scene revealed markedly weaker initial processing bias for attended objects in children with ASD compared to children with typical development and non-autistic children with developmental delays. Limited processing bias for the objects other people attend to may negatively affect learning opportunities in ASD. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01