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ArticleAutism : the international journal of research and practice2022

Shorter average look durations to dynamic social stimuli are associated with higher levels of autism symptoms in young autistic children.

Samantha Major, Dmitry Isaev, Jordan Grapel, Todd Calnan, Elena Tenenbaum, Kimberly Carpenter, Lauren Franz, Jill Howard, Saritha Vermeer, Guillermo Sapiro and 2 more

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Article in Autism : the international journal of research and practice, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
5citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
0.6field-weighted citation impact, top 36% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 8 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Eye Tracking as a Treatment Monitoring Tool for Autism: A Multilevel Meta-Analysis.Autism research : official journal of the International Society for Autism Research · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Samantha MajorDuke University, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-5969-1721
Dmitry IsaevDuke University, USA.
Jordan GrapelDuke University, USA.
Todd CalnanDuke University, USA.
Elena TenenbaumDuke University, USA.
Kimberly CarpenterDuke University, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-3838-798X
Lauren FranzDuke University, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-4434-7500
Jill HowardDuke University, USA.
Saritha VermeerDuke University, USA.
Guillermo SapiroDuke University, USA.
Michael MuriasNorthwestern University, USA.
Geraldine DawsonDuke University, USA.
Duke University · USNorthwestern University · US

Funding

Recruitment and Assessment CoreP50HD093074 · NICHD · DUKE UNIVERSITY · PI Geraldine Dawson · 2017 to 2026
$27.6M
Scalable Computational Platform For Active Closed-Loop Behavioral Coding in Autism Spectrum DisorderR01MH120093 · NIMH · DUKE UNIVERSITY · PI DAWSON, GERALDINE, SAPIRO, GUILLERMO R · 2019 to 2022
$1.6M
NICHD NIH HHS P50 HD093074NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH120093
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

lay abstractMany studies of autism look at the differences in how autistic research participants look at certain types of images. These studies often focus on where research participants are looking within the image, but that does not tell us everything about how much they are paying attention. It could be useful to know more about how well autistic research participants can focus on an image with people in it, because those who can look at images of people for longer duration without stopping may be able to easily learn other skills that help them to interact with people. We measured how long autistic research participants watched the video without breaking their attention. The video sometimes had a person speaking, and at other times had toys moving and making sounds. We measured the typical amount of time autistic research participants could look at the video before they looked away. We found that research participants with more severe autism tended to look at the video for shorter amounts of time. The ability to focus without stopping may be related to social skills in autistic people.

Indexed as

Autism Spectrum DisorderAutistic DisorderAttentionChildHumansSocial Skillsattention-deficit/hyperactivity disorderautism spectrum disordersCognition (attention, learning, memory)

Identifiers

PMID34903084
PMCPMC9192829
OpenAlexW4200109024

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Registered trials

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