Publications [#355037] of Geraldine Dawson

Journal Articles

1. Tenenbaum, EJ; Major, S; Carpenter, KLH; Howard, J; Murias, M; Dawson, G (2021). Distance from Typical Scan Path When Viewing Complex Stimuli in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder and its Association with Behavior.. J Autism Dev Disord, 51(10), 3492-3505. [doi]
   (last updated on 2024/04/19)

   Abstract:
   Eye-tracking is often used to study attention in children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Previous research has identified multiple atypical patterns of attention in children with ASD based on areas-of-interest analysis. Fewer studies have investigated gaze path, a measure which is dependent on the dynamic content of the stimulus presented. Here, rather than looking at proportions of looking time to areas of interest, we calculated mean fixations frame-by-frame in a group of typically developing children (36 to 72 months) and determined the distance from those typical fixations for 155 children with ASD (27-95 months). Findings revealed that distance from the typical scan path among the children with ASD was associated with lower communication abilities and greater ASD symptomatology.