Social Attention Deficits in Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder: Task Dependence of Objects vs. Faces Observation Bias

Social Attention Deficits in Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder: Task Dependence of Objects vs. Faces Observation Bias

Social attention deficits represent a central impairment of patients suffering from autism spectrum disorder (ASD), but the nature of such deficits remains controversial. We compared visual attention regarding social (faces) vs. non-social stimuli (objects), in an ecological diagnostic context, in 4...

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Main Authors: Susana Mouga, João Castelhano, Cátia Café, Daniela Sousa, Frederico Duque, Guiomar Oliveira, Miguel Castelo-Branco
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-03-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychiatry
Subjects:
autism spectrum disorder
social attention
eye-tracking
attentional bias
autism diagnostic observation schedule
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyt.2021.640599/full

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