Shorter Average Look Durations to Dynamic Social Stimuli Are Associated with Higher Levels of Autism Symptoms in Young Autistic Children

Autor/inn/en	Major, Samantha; Isaev, Dmitry; Grapel, Jordan; Calnan, Todd; Tenenbaum, Elena; Carpenter, Kimberly; Franz, Lauren; Howard, Jill; Vermeer, Saritha; Sapiro, Guillermo; Murias, Michael; Dawson, Geraldine
Titel	Shorter Average Look Durations to Dynamic Social Stimuli Are Associated with Higher Levels of Autism Symptoms in Young Autistic Children
Quelle	In: Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 26 (2022) 6, S.1451-1459 (9 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Major, Samantha) ORCID (Carpenter, Kimberly) ORCID (Franz, Lauren)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1362-3613
DOI	10.1177/13623613211056427
Schlagwörter	Eye Movements; Autism Spectrum Disorders; Attention; Visual Stimuli; Social Influences; Young Children; Severity (of Disability); Motor Development; Cognitive Ability; Behavior Problems; Symptoms (Individual Disorders); Mullen Scales of Early Learning; Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scales; Aberrant Behavior Checklist + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Augenbewegung; Autism; Autismus; Aufmerksamkeit; Sozialer Einfluss; Frühe Kindheit; Schweregrad; Motorische Entwicklung; Denkfähigkeit; Psychiatrische Symptomatik
Abstract	Prior eye-tracking studies involving autistic individuals have focused on total looking time or proportion of looking time to key regions of interest. These studies have not examined another important feature, the ability to sustain attention to stimuli. In particular, the ability to sustain attention to a dynamic social stimulus might reflect more advanced self-regulatory skills that may enhance engagement with and comprehension of social information. In a sample of 155 autistic children (2--8 years of age), we examined children's average look duration while they viewed a complex, dynamic stimulus containing both social and nonsocial elements. After accounting for children's age and intelligence quotient, we found that shorter average look duration was associated with increased autism spectrum disorder severity across multiple clinical measures. To calculate average look duration, we divided the length of total looking time in seconds by the total number of uninterrupted looks to the video media. Thus, the ability to sustain attention while viewing complex dynamic information could be important for comprehending dynamic social information. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01