Measuring gaze of children with Autism Spectrum Disorders in naturalistic interactions

Noris, Basilio; Barker, Mandy; Nadel, Jacqueline; Hentsch, François; Ansermet, François; Billard, Aude

doi:10.1109/IEMBS.2011.6091325

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English

Measuring gaze of children with Autism Spectrum Disorders in naturalistic interactions

Contributors

Noris, Basilio; Barker, Mandy; Nadel, Jacqueline; Hentsch, François; Ansermet, François; Billard, Aude

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Conference proceedings, vol. 2011, p. 5356-5359

Publication date

2011

Abstract

In this paper, we report on a study on gaze behavior by children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) during a dyadic interaction in a naturalistic environment. Twelve children with ASD were contrasted to twelve typically developing (TD) children, in a semi-structured interaction with a selection of items from the Early Social Communication Scale (ESCS). We used the WearCam, a novel head-mounted eye-tracker designed for children, to obtain gaze information across the broad field of view from the viewpoint of the child. Children with ASD looked downwards more often, and explored their lateral field of view more extensively compared to TD children. We discuss a number of hypotheses in support of these observations.

Keywords

Attention
Child
Child Development Disorders, Pervasive/diagnosis/physiopathology
Child, Preschool
Equipment Design
Equipment Failure Analysis
Female
Fixation, Ocular
Humans
Interpersonal Relations
Male
Monitoring, Ambulatory/instrumentation

UNIGE affiliation entities

Faculté de médecine / Section de médecine clinique / Département de psychiatrie

UNIGE research groups

Groupe Ansermet François (psychiatrie) (861)

Citation (ISO format)

NORIS, Basilio et al. Measuring gaze of children with Autism Spectrum Disorders in naturalistic interactions. In: Conference proceedings, 2011, vol. 2011, p. 5356–5359. doi: 10.1109/IEMBS.2011.6091325

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PID : unige:43582
DOI : 10.1109/IEMBS.2011.6091325
PMID : 22255548

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1557-170X

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