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03-06-2022 | Original Paper

Attention Allocation During Exploration of Visual Arrays in ASD: Results from the ABC-CT Feasibility Study

Auteurs: Tawny Tsang, Adam J. Naples, Erin C. Barney, Minhang Xie, Raphael Bernier, Geraldine Dawson, James Dziura, Susan Faja, Shafali Spurling Jeste, James C. McPartland, Charles A. Nelson, Michael Murias, Helen Seow, Catherine Sugar, Sara J. Webb, Frederick Shic, Scott P. Johnson

Gepubliceerd in: Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders | Uitgave 8/2023

Abstract

Visual exploration paradigms involving object arrays have been used to examine salience of social stimuli such as faces in ASD. Recent work suggests performance on these paradigms may associate with clinical features of ASD. We evaluate metrics from a visual exploration paradigm in 4-to-11-year-old children with ASD (n = 23; 18 males) and typical development (TD; n = 23; 13 males). Presented with arrays containing faces and nonsocial stimuli, children with ASD looked less at (p = 0.002) and showed fewer fixations to (p = 0.022) faces than TD children, and spent less time looking at each object on average (p = 0.004). Attention to the screen and faces correlated positively with social and cognitive skills in the ASD group (ps < .05). This work furthers our understanding of objective measures of visual exploration in ASD and its potential for quantifying features of ASD.

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Titel: Attention Allocation During Exploration of Visual Arrays in ASD: Results from the ABC-CT Feasibility Study
Auteurs: Tawny Tsang
Adam J. Naples
Erin C. Barney
Minhang Xie
Raphael Bernier
Geraldine Dawson
James Dziura
Susan Faja
Shafali Spurling Jeste
James C. McPartland
Charles A. Nelson
Michael Murias
Helen Seow
Catherine Sugar
Sara J. Webb
Frederick Shic
Scott P. Johnson
Publicatiedatum: 03-06-2022
Uitgeverij: Springer US
Gepubliceerd in: Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders / Uitgave 8/2023
Print ISSN: 0162-3257
Elektronisch ISSN: 1573-3432
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-022-05569-0

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