Visual social attention in autism spectrum disorder: Insights from eye tracking studies

Q Guillon, N Hadjikhani, S Baduel, B Rogé - Neuroscience & Biobehavioral …, 2014 - Elsevier
We review different aspects of visual social attention in autism spectrum disorders (ASD)
from infancy to adulthood in light of the eye-tracking literature. We first assess the …

Social attention with real versus reel stimuli: toward an empirical approach to concerns about ecological validity

EF Risko, KEW Laidlaw, M Freeth… - Frontiers in human …, 2012 - frontiersin.org
Cognitive neuroscientists often study social cognition by using simple but socially relevant
stimuli, such as schematic faces or images of other people. Whilst this research is valuable …

Atypical visual saliency in autism spectrum disorder quantified through model-based eye tracking

S Wang, M Jiang, XM Duchesne, EA Laugeson… - Neuron, 2015 - cell.com
The social difficulties that are a hallmark of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) are thought to
arise, at least in part, from atypical attention toward stimuli and their features. To investigate …

Preference for geometric patterns early in life as a risk factor for autism

K Pierce, D Conant, R Hazin, R Stoner… - Archives of general …, 2011 - jamanetwork.com
Objectives: To determine if toddlers with an autism spectrum disorder (ASD) aged 14 to 42
months prefer to visually examine dynamic geometric images more than social images and …

Measuring social attention and motivation in autism spectrum disorder using eye‐tracking: Stimulus type matters

C Chevallier, J Parish‐Morris, A McVey… - Autism …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is characterized by social impairments that have been
related to deficits in social attention, including diminished gaze to faces. Eye‐tracking …

What affects social attention? Social presence, eye contact and autistic traits

M Freeth, T Foulsham, A Kingstone - PloS one, 2013 - journals.plos.org
Social understanding is facilitated by effectively attending to other people and the subtle
social cues they generate. In order to more fully appreciate the nature of social attention and …

The role of alexithymia in reduced eye-fixation in autism spectrum conditions

G Bird, C Press, DC Richardson - Journal of autism and developmental …, 2011 - Springer
Eye-tracking studies have demonstrated mixed support for reduced eye fixation when
looking at social scenes in individuals with Autism Spectrum Conditions (ASC). We present …

Early detection of children with autism spectrum disorder based on visual exploration of images

P Mazumdar, G Arru, F Battisti - Signal Processing: Image Communication, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract Autism Spectrum Disorder is a developmental disorder characterized by a deficit in
social behaviour and specific interactions such as reduced eye contact and body gestures …

A review of methods in the study of attention in autism

C Ames, S Fletcher-Watson - Developmental Review, 2010 - Elsevier
Atypical attention, while not a diagnostic feature, is common in individuals with autism
spectrum disorders (ASD). The study of these atypicalities has recently gained in both …

The role of sensorimotor difficulties in autism spectrum conditions

P Hannant, T Tavassoli, S Cassidy - Frontiers in neurology, 2016 - frontiersin.org
In addition to difficulties in social communication, current diagnostic criteria for autism
spectrum conditions (ASC) also incorporate sensorimotor difficulties, repetitive motor …