Rapid face orienting in infants and school-age children with and without autism: Exploring measurement invariance in eye-tracking.

ABSTRACT: Questions concerning the ontogenetic stability of autism have recently received increased attention as long-term longitudinal studies have appeared in the literature. Most experimental measures are designed for specific ages and functioning levels, yet developing experimental tasks appropriate for a wide range of ages and functioning levels is critical for future long-term longitudinal studies, and treatment studies implemented at different ages. Accordingly, we designed an eye-tracking task to measure preferential orienting to facial features and implemented it with groups of participants with varying levels of functioning: infants, and school-age children with and without autism. All groups fixated eyes first, revealing an early and stable orienting bias. This indicates common bias towar

SUBMITTER: Dalrymple KA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6112675 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature