Increased Eye Contact during Conversation Compared to Play in Children with Autism

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    • Peer Reviewed:
      Y
    • Source:
      8
    • Sponsoring Agency:
      US Department of Defense
    • Contract Number:
      AR130106
    • Subject Terms:
      Children; Autism; Pervasive Developmental Disorders; Nonverbal Communication; Interpersonal Communication; Play; Diagnostic Tests; Observation; Child Development; Context Effect
    • Subject Terms:
      Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule
    • Accession Number:
      10.1007/s10803-016-2981-4
    • ISSN:
      0162-3257
    • Abstract:
      Children with autism have atypical gaze behavior but it is unknown whether gaze differs during distinct types of reciprocal interactions. Typically developing children (N = 20) and children with autism (N = 20) (4-13 years) made similar amounts of eye contact with an examiner during a conversation. Surprisingly, there was minimal eye contact during interactive play in both groups. Gaze behavior was stable across 8 weeks in children with autism (N = 15). Lastly, gaze behavior during conversation but not play was associated with autism social affect severity scores (ADOS CSS SA) and the Social Responsiveness Scale (SRS-2). Together findings suggests that eye contact in typical and atypical development is influenced by subtle changes in context, which has implications for optimizing assessments of social communication skills.
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      As Provided
    • Number of References:
      22
    • Publication Date:
      2017
    • Accession Number:
      EJ1133669