Brief Report: Patterns of Eye Movements in Face to Face Conversation are Associated with Autistic Traits: Evidence from a Student Sample

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• 作者：Andrius Vabalas ; Megan Freeth
• 关键词：Social attention ; Mobile eye ; tracking ; Eye movements ; Autistic traits
• 刊名：Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders
• 出版年：2016
• 出版时间：January 2016
• 年：2016
• 卷：46
• 期：1
• 页码：305-314
• 全文大小：1,167 KB
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• 作者单位：Andrius Vabalas (1)
  Megan Freeth (1)
  
  1. Psychology Department, University of Sheffield, Western Bank, Sheffield, S10 2TP, UK
  
• 刊物类别：Behavioral Science
• 刊物主题：Psychology
  Child and School Psychology
  Pediatrics
  
• 出版者：Springer Netherlands
• ISSN：1573-3432

文摘

The current study investigated whether the amount of autistic traits shown by an individual is associated with viewing behaviour during a face-to-face interaction. The eye movements of 36 neurotypical university students were recorded using a mobile eye-tracking device. High amounts of autistic traits were neither associated with reduced looking to the social partner overall, nor with reduced looking to the face. However, individuals who were high in autistic traits exhibited reduced visual exploration during the face-to-face interaction overall, as demonstrated by shorter and less frequent saccades. Visual exploration was not related to social anxiety. This study suggests that there are systematic individual differences in visual exploration during social interactions and these are related to amount of autistic traits. Keywords Social attention Mobile eye-tracking Eye movements Autistic traits