Social Attention, Joint Attention and Sustained Attention in Autism Spectrum Disorder and Williams Syndrome: Convergences and Divergences
| Autor: | Cheryl Dissanayake, Stephanie Sievers, Giacomo Vivanti, Darren R. Hocking, Peter A.J. Fanning |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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Williams Syndrome Joint attention genetic structures Adolescent Eye Movements Autism Spectrum Disorder Social attention behavioral disciplines and activities Developmental psychology 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine mental disorders Developmental and Educational Psychology medicine Humans 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences Attention Child Social Behavior Social influence 05 social sciences Eye movement medicine.disease Gaze Autism spectrum disorder Autism Female Williams syndrome Psychology 030217 neurology & neurosurgery 050104 developmental & child psychology Cognitive psychology |
| Zdroj: | Journal of autism and developmental disorders. 47(6) |
| ISSN: | 1573-3432 |
| Popis: | There is limited knowledge on shared and syndrome-specific attentional profiles in autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and Williams syndrome (WS). Using eye-tracking, we examined attentional profiles of 35 preschoolers with ASD, 22 preschoolers with WS and 20 typically developing children across social and non-social dimensions of attention. Children with ASD and those with WS presented with overlapping deficits in spontaneous visual engagement with the target of others' attention and in sustained attention. Children with ASD showed syndrome-specific abnormalities in monitoring and following a person's referential gaze, as well as a lack of preferential attention to social stimuli. Children with ASD and WS present with shared as well as syndrome-specific abnormalities across social and non-social dimensions of attention. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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