A systematic review and meta-analysis of atypical visual attention towards non-social stimuli in preschoolers with autism spectrum disorder.

Autor: Hinz JR; Department of Behavioral Sciences, Oslo Metropolitan University, Oslo, Norway.; Yale Child Study Center, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, USA., Eikeseth FF; Department of Research and Development, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway., Chawarska K; Yale Child Study Center, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, USA., Eikeseth S; Department of Behavioral Sciences, Oslo Metropolitan University, Oslo, Norway.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Autism research : official journal of the International Society for Autism Research [Autism Res] 2024 Dec; Vol. 17 (12), pp. 2628-2644. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Nov 06.
DOI: 10.1002/aur.3261
Abstrakt: Research on attention towards non-social stimuli in preschoolers with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) has increased over the past decade; however, findings have been inconsistent. It has been suggested that stimuli relating to common circumscribed interests (CIs) elicit more attention than non-CI related stimuli. This meta-analysis synthesizes results from 31 studies that compared attention towards non-social stimuli in children with ASD under the age of five with typically developing (TD) controls using eye-tracking. Additional subgroup analysis comparing studies that employed non-social stimuli related to CIs frequently reported in adults with ASD to studies using non-CI related stimuli were conducted. Meta-regressions with age, sex, stimulus dimension, nonverbal DQ, and symptom severity were conducted. Results show small (g = 0.39) but significantly higher attention towards non-social stimuli for the ASD group. However, when studies were split based on stimulus type no significant differences for non-CI related stimuli was found. Meanwhile studies employing CI related stimuli reported significant large effects on attention allocation (g = 0.69). None of the conducted regressions reached significance. The findings show increased non-social attention in children with ASD is driven by CI related content rather than a general non-social attentional bias. The findings and future research directions are discussed.
(© 2024 The Author(s). Autism Research published by International Society for Autism Research and Wiley Periodicals LLC.)
Databáze: MEDLINE
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