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JOURNAL OF AUTISM AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDERS
Volume 46, Issue 1, Pages 305-314Publisher
SPRINGER/PLENUM PUBLISHERS
DOI: 10.1007/s10803-015-2546-y
Keywords
Social attention; Mobile eye-tracking; Eye movements; Autistic traits
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- Leverhulme Early Career Fellowship
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The current study investigated whether the amount of autistic traits shown by an individual is associated with viewing behaviour during a face-to-face interaction. The eye movements of 36 neurotypical university students were recorded using a mobile eye-tracking device. High amounts of autistic traits were neither associated with reduced looking to the social partner overall, nor with reduced looking to the face. However, individuals who were high in autistic traits exhibited reduced visual exploration during the face-to-face interaction overall, as demonstrated by shorter and less frequent saccades. Visual exploration was not related to social anxiety. This study suggests that there are systematic individual differences in visual exploration during social interactions and these are related to amount of autistic traits.
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