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ArticleJournal of neurodevelopmental disorders2019

Initial eye gaze to faces and its functional consequence on face identification abilities in autism spectrum disorder.

Kimberly B Schauder, Woon Ju Park, Yuliy Tsank, Miguel P Eckstein, Duje Tadin, Loisa Bennetto

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Article in Journal of neurodevelopmental disorders, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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6 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Kimberly B SchauderDepartment of Psychology, University of Rochester, Meliora Hall, P.O Box 270266, Rochester, NY, 14627, USA. kschauder@childrensnational.org.ORCID 0000-0001-6832-1044
Woon Ju ParkDepartment of Psychology, University of Washington, Guthrie Hall Box 351525, Seattle, WA, 98195, USA.
Yuliy TsankDepartment of Psychological and Brain Sciences, University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA, 93106-9660, USA.
Miguel P EcksteinDepartment of Psychological and Brain Sciences, University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA, 93106-9660, USA.
Duje TadinCenter for Visual Science, University of Rochester, Rochester, USA.
Loisa BennettoDepartment of Psychology, University of Rochester, Meliora Hall, P.O Box 270266, Rochester, NY, 14627, USA.
University of California, Santa Barbara · USUniversity of Rochester · USThe Harley School · USUniversity of Washington · US

Funding

VISUAL SCIENCET32EY007125 · NEI · UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER · PI Krystel R Huxlin, Duje Tadin · 1990 to 2026
$7.1M
Taste, smell, and feeding behavior in autism: A quantitative traits studyR01DC009439 · NIDCD · UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER · PI BENNETTO, LOISA · 2009 to 2013
$3.0M
NEI NIH HHS T32 EY007125NIDCD NIH HHS R01 DC009439
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundAutism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a neurodevelopmental disorder defined and diagnosed by core deficits in social communication and the presence of restricted and repetitive behaviors. Research on face processing suggests deficits in this domain in ASD but includes many mixed findings regarding the nature and extent of these differences. The first eye movement to a face has been shown to be highly informative and sufficient to achieve high performance in face identification in neurotypical adults. The current study focused on this critical moment shown to be essential in the process of face identification.

methodsWe applied an established eye-tracking and face identification paradigm to comprehensively characterize the initial eye movement to a face and test its functional consequence on face identification performance in adolescents with and without ASD (n = 21 per group), and in neurotypical adults. Specifically, we presented a series of faces and measured the landing location of the first saccade to each face, while simultaneously measuring their face identification abilities. Then, individuals were guided to look at specific locations on the face, and we measured how face identification performance varied as a function of that location. Adolescent participants also completed a more traditional measure of face identification which allowed us to more fully characterize face identification abilities in ASD.

resultsOur results indicate that the location of the initial look to faces and face identification performance for briefly presented faces are intact in ASD, ruling out the possibility that deficits in face perception, at least in adolescents with ASD, begin with the initial eye movement to the face. However, individuals with ASD showed impairments on the more traditional measure of face identification.

conclusionTogether, the observed dissociation between initial, rapid face perception processes, and other measures of face perception offers new insights and hypotheses related to the timing and perceptual complexity of face processing and how these specific aspects of face identification may be disrupted in ASD.

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Social PerceptionAdolescentAutism Spectrum DisorderChildEye Movement MeasurementsFacial RecognitionFemaleFixation, OcularHumansMaleAutism spectrum disorderEye gazeFace identification

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