A relationship between Autism-Spectrum Quotient and face viewing behavior in 98 participants.

ABSTRACT: Faces are one of the most important stimuli that we encounter, but humans vary dramatically in their behavior when viewing a face: some individuals preferentially fixate the eyes, others fixate the mouth, and still others show an intermediate pattern. The determinants of these large individual differences are unknown. However, individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) spend less time fixating the eyes of a viewed face than controls, suggesting the hypothesis that autistic traits in healthy adults might explain individual differences in face viewing behavior. Autistic traits were measured in 98 healthy adults recruited from an academic setting using the Autism-Spectrum Quotient, a validated 50-statement questionnaire. Fixations were measured using a video-based eye tracker while parti

SUBMITTER: Wegner-Clemens K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7192493 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature