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ArticleJournal of autism and developmental disorders2023

Evidence of a reduced role for circumscribed interests in the social attention patterns of children with Autism Spectrum Disorder.

Z Ambarchi, K A Boulton, R Thapa, E E Thomas, M M DeMayo, N J Sasson, I B Hickie, Adam J Guastella

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Article in Journal of autism and developmental disorders, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3citing papers in PubMed
0.7field-weighted citation impact, top 33% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 7 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Do focused interests support word learning? A study with autistic and nonautistic children.Autism research : official journal of the International Society for Autism Research · 2024
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Z AmbarchiBrain and Mind Centre, Children's Hospital Westmead Clinical School, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Sydney, 2050, Sydney, Australia.
K A BoultonBrain and Mind Centre, Children's Hospital Westmead Clinical School, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Sydney, 2050, Sydney, Australia.
R ThapaBrain and Mind Centre, Children's Hospital Westmead Clinical School, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Sydney, 2050, Sydney, Australia.
E E ThomasBrain and Mind Centre, Children's Hospital Westmead Clinical School, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Sydney, 2050, Sydney, Australia.
M M DeMayoBrain and Mind Centre, Children's Hospital Westmead Clinical School, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Sydney, 2050, Sydney, Australia.
N J SassonDepartment of Psychology, School of Behavioral and Brain Sciences, The University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, USA.
I B HickieBrain and Mind Centre, Central Clinical School, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia.
Adam J GuastellaBrain and Mind Centre, Children's Hospital Westmead Clinical School, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Sydney, 2050, Sydney, Australia. adam.guastella@sydney.edu.au.
Children's Hospital at Westmead · AUUniversity of Sydney · AUThe University of Texas at Dallas · US

Funding

Bupa Health Foundation Bupa Health FoundationNational Health and Medical Research Council APP1043664
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Reduced social attention is characteristic of Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). It has been suggested to result from an early onset and excessive influence of circumscribed interests (CIs) on gaze behaviour, compared to typically developing (TYP) individuals. To date, these findings have been mixed. The current eye-tracking study utilised a visual preference paradigm to investigate the influence of CI versus non-CI objects on attention patterns in children with ASD (aged 3-12 years, n = 37) and their age-matched TYP peers (n = 30). Compared to TYP, social and object attention was reduced in the ASD group irrespective of the presence of CIs. Results suggest a reduced role for CIs and extend recent evidence of atypical attention patterns across social and non-social domains in ASD.

Indexed as

Autism Spectrum DisorderAttentionChildFixation, OcularHumansSocial BehaviorAutism spectrum disorderCircumscribed interestsEye-trackingGazeObject attentionSocial attention

Identifiers

PMID35927513
PMCPMC10499676
OpenAlexW4289783334

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