Gaze and visual search strategies of children with Asperger syndrome/high functioning autism viewing a magic trick

Objective: To examine visual search patterns and strategies used by children with and without Asperger syndrome/high functioning autism (AS/HFA) while watching a magic trick. Limited responsivity to gaze cues is hypothesised to contribute to social deficits in children with AS/HFA. Methods: Twenty-o...

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Main Authors: Joosten, Annette, Girdler, Sonya, Albrecht, Matthew, Horlin, Chiara, Falkmer, Marita, Leung, Denise, Ordqvist, A., Fleischer, H., Falkmer, Torbjorn
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Published: Informa Healthcare 2014
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/18904
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author Joosten, Annette
Girdler, Sonya
Albrecht, Matthew
Horlin, Chiara
Falkmer, Marita
Leung, Denise
Ordqvist, A.
Fleischer, H.
Falkmer, Torbjorn
author_facet Joosten, Annette
Girdler, Sonya
Albrecht, Matthew
Horlin, Chiara
Falkmer, Marita
Leung, Denise
Ordqvist, A.
Fleischer, H.
Falkmer, Torbjorn
author_sort Joosten, Annette
building Curtin Institutional Repository
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description Objective: To examine visual search patterns and strategies used by children with and without Asperger syndrome/high functioning autism (AS/HFA) while watching a magic trick. Limited responsivity to gaze cues is hypothesised to contribute to social deficits in children with AS/HFA. Methods: Twenty-one children with AS/HFA and 31 matched peers viewed a video of a gaze-cued magic trick twice. Between the viewings, they were informed about how the trick was performed. Participants’ eye movements were recorded using a head-mounted eye-tracker. Results: Children with AS/HFA looked less frequently and had shorter fixation on the magician’s direct and averted gazes during both viewings and more frequently at not gaze-cued objects and on areas outside the magician’s face. After being informed of how the trick was conducted, both groups made fewer fixations on gaze-cued objects and direct gaze. Conclusions: Information may enhance effective visual strategies in children with and without AS/HFA.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-189042017-09-13T13:43:07Z Gaze and visual search strategies of children with Asperger syndrome/high functioning autism viewing a magic trick Joosten, Annette Girdler, Sonya Albrecht, Matthew Horlin, Chiara Falkmer, Marita Leung, Denise Ordqvist, A. Fleischer, H. Falkmer, Torbjorn visual perception naturalistic stimuli social gaze behaviour Eye tracking Objective: To examine visual search patterns and strategies used by children with and without Asperger syndrome/high functioning autism (AS/HFA) while watching a magic trick. Limited responsivity to gaze cues is hypothesised to contribute to social deficits in children with AS/HFA. Methods: Twenty-one children with AS/HFA and 31 matched peers viewed a video of a gaze-cued magic trick twice. Between the viewings, they were informed about how the trick was performed. Participants’ eye movements were recorded using a head-mounted eye-tracker. Results: Children with AS/HFA looked less frequently and had shorter fixation on the magician’s direct and averted gazes during both viewings and more frequently at not gaze-cued objects and on areas outside the magician’s face. After being informed of how the trick was conducted, both groups made fewer fixations on gaze-cued objects and direct gaze. Conclusions: Information may enhance effective visual strategies in children with and without AS/HFA. 2014 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/18904 10.3109/17518423.2014.913081 Informa Healthcare restricted
spellingShingle visual perception
naturalistic stimuli
social gaze behaviour
Eye tracking
Joosten, Annette
Girdler, Sonya
Albrecht, Matthew
Horlin, Chiara
Falkmer, Marita
Leung, Denise
Ordqvist, A.
Fleischer, H.
Falkmer, Torbjorn
Gaze and visual search strategies of children with Asperger syndrome/high functioning autism viewing a magic trick
title Gaze and visual search strategies of children with Asperger syndrome/high functioning autism viewing a magic trick
title_full Gaze and visual search strategies of children with Asperger syndrome/high functioning autism viewing a magic trick
title_fullStr Gaze and visual search strategies of children with Asperger syndrome/high functioning autism viewing a magic trick
title_full_unstemmed Gaze and visual search strategies of children with Asperger syndrome/high functioning autism viewing a magic trick
title_short Gaze and visual search strategies of children with Asperger syndrome/high functioning autism viewing a magic trick
title_sort gaze and visual search strategies of children with asperger syndrome/high functioning autism viewing a magic trick
topic visual perception
naturalistic stimuli
social gaze behaviour
Eye tracking
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/18904