Brief Report: Does Eye Contact Induce Contagious Yawning in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder?

Autor/inn/en	Senju, Atsushi; Kikuchi, Yukiko; Akechi, Hironori; Hasegawa, Toshikazu; Tojo, Yoshikuni; Osanai, Hiroo
Titel	Brief Report: Does Eye Contact Induce Contagious Yawning in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder?
Quelle	In: Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 39 (2009) 11, S.1598-1602 (5 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0162-3257
DOI	10.1007/s10803-009-0785-5
Schlagwörter	Nonverbal Communication; Autism; Eye Movements; Children; Pervasive Developmental Disorders; Comparative Analysis; Visual Stimuli; Visual Perception + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Non-verbal communication; Nonverbale Kommunikation; Autismus; Augenbewegung; Child; Kind; Kinder; Visuelle Wahrnehmung
Abstract	Individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) reportedly fail to show contagious yawning, but the mechanism underlying the lack of contagious yawning is still unclear. The current study examined whether instructed fixation on the eyes modulates contagious yawning in ASD. Thirty-one children with ASD, as well as 31 age-matched typically developing (TD) children, observed video clips of either yawning or control mouth movements. Participants were instructed to fixate to the eyes of the face stimuli. Following instructed fixation on the eyes, both TD children and children with ASD yawned equally frequently in response to yawning stimuli. Current results suggest that contagious yawning could occur in ASD under an experimental condition in which they are instructed to fixate on the yawning eyes. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10