PubMed:24866104 JSONTXT

{"target":"https://pubannotation.org/docs/sourcedb/PubMed/sourceid/24866104","sourcedb":"PubMed","sourceid":"24866104","source_url":"http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24866104","text":"Gaze and visual search strategies of children with Asperger syndrome/high functioning autism viewing a magic trick.\nOBJECTIVE: 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.\nMETHODS: 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.\nRESULTS: 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.\nCONCLUSIONS: Information may enhance effective visual strategies in children with and without AS/HFA.","tracks":[]}