Social and non-social cueing of visuospatial attention in autism and typical development

John R. Pruett; Angela Lamacchia; Sarah Hoertel; Emma Squire; Kelly McVey; Richard D. Todd; John N. Constantino; Steven E. Petersen

doi:10.1007/s10803-010-1090-z

Social and non-social cueing of visuospatial attention in autism and typical development

John R. Pruett, Angela Lamacchia, Sarah Hoertel, Emma Squire, Kelly McVey, Richard D. Todd, John N. Constantino, Steven E. Petersen

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Abstract

Three experiments explored attention to eye gaze, which is incompletely understood in typical development and is hypothesized to be disrupted in autism. Experiment 1 (n = 26 typical adults) involved covert orienting to box, arrow, and gaze cues at two probabilities and cue-target times to test whether reorienting for gaze is endogenous, exogenous, or unique; experiment 2 (total n = 80: male and female children and adults) studied age and sex effects on gaze cueing. Gaze cueing appears endogenous and may strengthen in typical development. Experiment 3 tested exogenous, endogenous, and gaze-based orienting in 25 typical and 27 Autistic Spectrum Disorder (ASD) children. ASD children made more saccades, slowing their reaction times; however, exogenous and endogenous orienting, including gaze cueing, appear intact in ASD.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	715-731
Number of pages	17
Journal	Journal of autism and developmental disorders
Volume	41
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-010-1090-z
State	Published - Jun 2011

Keywords

Arrow
Box
Child
Gaze
Oculomotor
Vision

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Social and non-social cueing of visuospatial attention in autism and typical development. / Pruett, John R.; Lamacchia, Angela; Hoertel, Sarah; Squire, Emma; McVey, Kelly; Todd, Richard D.; Constantino, John N.; Petersen, Steven E.

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