Effects of being watched on eye gaze and facial displays of typical and autistic individuals during conversation.

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When we are communicating with other people, we exchange a variety of social signals through eye gaze and facial expressions. However, coordinated exchanges of these social signals can only happen when people involved in the interaction are able to see each other. Although previous studies report that autistic individuals have difficulties in using eye gaze and facial expressions during social interactions, evidence from tasks that involve real face-to-face conversations is scarce and mixed. Here, we investigate how eye gaze and facial expressions of typical and high-functioning autistic individuals are modulated by the belief in being seen by another person, and by being in a face-to-face interaction. Participants were recorded with an eye-tracking and video-camera sy

SUBMITTER: Canigueral R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7812513 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature