Social attention and social-emotional modulation of attention in Angelman syndrome: an eye-tracking study.

ABSTRACT: Individuals with Angelman syndrome (AS) present with severe intellectual disability alongside a social phenotype characterised by social communication difficulties and an increased drive for social engagement. As the social phenotype in this condition is poorly understood, we examined patterns of social attention and social modulation of attention in AS. Twenty-four individuals with AS and twenty-one young children with similar mental age were shown videos featuring unfamiliar actors who performed simple actions across two conditions: a playful condition, in which the actor showed positive facial emotions, and a neutral condition, in which the actor showed a neutral facial expression. During the passive observation of the videos, participants' proportion of time spent watching the two area

SUBMITTER: Micheletti S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9975183 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature