ArticleJournal of autism and developmental disorders2017
Social Attention, Joint Attention and Sustained Attention in Autism Spectrum Disorder and Williams Syndrome: Convergences and Divergences.
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- A meta-analytic review of gaze cueing across the autism trait continuum.Psychonomic bulletin & review · 2026Pooled it
- Correlation Between Gaze Behaviors and Social Communication Skills of Young Autistic Children: A Meta-Analysis of Eye-Tracking Studies.Journal of autism and developmental disorders · 2025Pooled it
- A systematic review and meta-analysis of atypical visual attention towards non-social stimuli in preschoolers with autism spectrum disorder.Autism research : official journal of the International Society for Autism Research · 2024Pooled it
- The use of eye-tracking technology as a tool to evaluate social cognition in people with an intellectual disability: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Journal of neurodevelopmental disorders · 2023Pooled it
- Characteristics of children on the autism spectrum who benefit the most from receiving intervention in inclusive versus specialised early childhood education settings.Autism research : official journal of the International Society for Autism Research · 2022Trial
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- Clinical Heterogeneity Among Preschoolers Recruited as Infants Due to Elevated Likelihood of Autism: A Sibling Study.Scandinavian journal of psychology · 2026Article
- Towards the ecological automated measurement of joint attention: Development of an interactive eye-tracking battery for joint attention in children with and without autism.Behavior research methods · 2026Article
- Socially oriented attention in young children with neurofibromatosis type 1: An eye-tracking study.Developmental medicine and child neurology · 2026Article
- Evaluation of the Social Attention Hypothesis: Do Children with Autism Prefer to See Objects Rather than People?Journal of autism and developmental disorders · 2026Article
- Joint attention in autism: A narrative review of assessment techniques from behavioral observation to artificial intelligence.Behavior research methods · 2026Review
- Visual statistical learning and social attention in neurotypical, minimally speaking and speaking autistic preschoolers.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Challenges with shifting, regardless of disengagement: attention mechanisms and eye movements in Williams syndrome.Journal of neurodevelopmental disorders · 2025Article
- Association Between Joint Attention and Autism Traits in Young Adults: A Gaze-Contingent Eye-Tracking Study.Research in autism · 2025Article
- Sensory seeking and its influence on sustained attention performance in adult males with Autism Spectrum Condition.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Visual Attention in Joint Attention Bids: A Comparison Between Toddlers with Autism Spectrum Disorder and Typically Developing Toddlers.Journal of autism and developmental disorders · 2025Article
- News insights into social cognition in Williams syndrome from a comprehensive assessment and a virtual reality task.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Hyper-focus, sticky attention, and springy attention in young autistic children: Associations with sensory behaviors and cognitive ability.Autism research : official journal of the International Society for Autism Research · 2024Article
- Predictors of Developmental and Adaptive Behaviour Outcomes in Response to Early Intensive Behavioural Intervention and the Early Start Denver Model.Journal of autism and developmental disorders · 2024Article
- The Selective Social Attention task in children with autism spectrum disorder: Results from the Autism Biomarkers Consortium for Clinical Trials (ABC-CT) feasibility study.Autism research : official journal of the International Society for Autism Research · 2023Article
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Abstract
There is limited knowledge on shared and syndrome-specific attentional profiles in autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and Williams syndrome (WS). Using eye-tracking, we examined attentional profiles of 35 preschoolers with ASD, 22 preschoolers with WS and 20 typically developing children across social and non-social dimensions of attention. Children with ASD and those with WS presented with overlapping deficits in spontaneous visual engagement with the target of others' attention and in sustained attention. Children with ASD showed syndrome-specific abnormalities in monitoring and following a person's referential gaze, as well as a lack of preferential attention to social stimuli. Children with ASD and WS present with shared as well as syndrome-specific abnormalities across social and non-social dimensions of attention.
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