Autistic Children Quickly Orient Away from Both Eyes and Mouths during Face Observation

Autor/inn/en	Jónsdóttir, Lilja Kristín; Neufeld, Janina; Falck-Ytter, Terje; Kleberg, Johan Lundin
Titel	Autistic Children Quickly Orient Away from Both Eyes and Mouths during Face Observation
Quelle	In: Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 53 (2023) 1, S.495-502 (8 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Jónsdóttir, Lilja Kristín)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0162-3257
DOI	10.1007/s10803-021-05378-x
Schlagwörter	Autism Spectrum Disorders; Children; Eye Movements; Social Cognition; Cues; Human Body; Anxiety; Symptoms (Individual Disorders); Visual Stimuli + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Autism; Autismus; Child; Kind; Kinder; Augenbewegung; Soziale Kognition; Stichwort; Menschlicher Körper; Angst; Psychiatrische Symptomatik
Abstract	Studies have supported two different hypotheses of reduced eye gaze in people with ASD; gaze "avoidance" and gaze "indifference," while less is known about the role of anxiety. We tested these hypotheses using an eye-tracking paradigm that cued the eyes or mouth of emotional faces. Autistic children (n = 12, mean age 7 years) looked faster away from both eyes and mouths than controls (n = 22). This effect was not explained by anxiety symptoms. No difference was found in latency towards either area. These results indicate that attentional avoidance of autistic children is not specific to eyes, and that they do not show attentional indifference to eyes compared to controls. Atypicalities in visual scanning in ASD are possibly unrelated to specific facial areas. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01